Posted On: Aug 21, 2023

Amazon RDS for MariaDB now supports MariaDB major version 10.11, the latest long-term maintenance release from the MariaDB community. Amazon RDS for MariaDB 10.11 includes performance improvements that enable up to 40% higher transaction throughput than prior versions. You can deploy RDS for MariaDB 10.11 on Optimized Read and Optimized Write enabled instance classes for additional performance gains. MariaDB 10.11 major version also includes improvements to authentication, information schema, system versioning, and the InnoDB storage engine made by the MariaDB community.

You can leverage Amazon RDS Managed Blue/Green deployments to upgrade your databases to RDS for MariaDB 10.11. Learn more about upgrading your database instances, including Managed Blue/Green deployments, in the Amazon RDS User Guide.

Amazon RDS for MariaDB makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale MariaDB deployments in the cloud. Amazon RDS for MariaDB is available in Amazon Web Services China (Beijing) Region, operated by Sinnet and Amazon Web Services China (Ningxia) Region, operated by NWCD. See Amazon RDS for MariaDB for pricing details. Create or update a fully managed Amazon RDS database in the Amazon RDS Management Console.