With 10 years of experience with the product, I think the biggest advantage is that it is easier to maintain than Oracle.
MariaDB on CentOS effectively handles large data volumes and offers faster deployment and performance compared to Oracle. It excels with 10,000 devices, promoting migration with no license cost. However, default versions may lag, memory issues need addressing, and lack of support is noteworthy. While MariaDB boasts high reliability and features, improvements in backward compatibility and framework updates are necessary for better adaptation and application performance enhancements.
