MariaDB is a relational data-based management system, MariaDB is developed from MySQL.
In MariaDB you can get XtraDB which is a new storage engine for transactional and non-transactional database transactions.
List of webs that support MariaDB
Moodle
MONyog
ownCloud
Plone
WordPress
Yii Framework
Zend Framework
Drupal
ERP5
Kajona
MediaWiki
Client tools capable of working with MariaDB
HeidiSQL
DBEdit
Database Workbench
Navicat
SQLyog
phpMyAdmin
What you need to know is that MariaDb is very similar to MYSQL because developed from MYSQL. They also have a similar interface, the machine and its API is very compatible with MYSQL. Libraries and applications that work on MySQL can also work on MariaDB.
Main Feature
Offers Galera cluster technology.
Offers operations and commands that are not available in MySQL, and replace performance features that have a negative impact.
Offers support for PHP.
Using standard and popular query languages.
Runs on multiple operating systems and supports multiple programming languages.
