Product Overview
MariaDB is a high-performance, open-source relational database forked from MySQL, built with enhanced scalability, extensibility, and enterprise features. It’s fully SQL-compliant and supports multiple storage engines, complex queries, and modern workloads.
SutraDB provides MariaDB as a secure, scalable, and fully managed cloud service — ideal for businesses seeking open-source flexibility with enterprise-level reliability.
Built-in Technical Advantages:
Key Features
Automated Operations & Optimized Performance
SutraDB automates the full lifecycle of your relational database — provisioning, configuration, patching, backups, and performance tuning. Engine-optimized settings ensure predictable throughput for transactional and analytical workloads.
Benefits:
- Automated provisioning, patching & maintenance
- Continuous performance optimization for SQL workloads
- Intelligent backup, restore, and maintenance scheduling
Flexible Deployment & Licensing Options
Choose between open-source or enterprise editions based on your licensing, feature, and compliance needs. Deploy your database on public, private, or hybrid configurations within Yotta’s secure cloud.
Benefits:
- Open-source and commercial license flexibility
- Dedicated or shared deployment models
- Suitable for cloud, private DC, and hybrid setups
Enterprise-Grade Security & Compliance
SutraDB is built on a Zero-Trust security foundation that protects sensitive transactional data. All deployments run in Yotta’s MeitY-empaneled sovereign Tier IV data centers in India.
Benefits:
- Encryption at rest & in transit
- IAM, RBAC, audit logging & access controls
- Compliance aligned to BFSI, government & regulated sectors
High Availability & Disaster Resilience
Designed for mission-critical relational workloads, SutraDB delivers continuous availability with automated failover, synchronous replication, and robust disaster recovery options.
Benefits:
- Multi-AZ high availability
- Automated failover & node recovery
- SLA-backed uptime & data durability guarantees
Consistent Performance & Scalable Architecture
Whether handling millions of transactions or powering analytical dashboards, SutraDB maintains performance consistency with optimized compute allocation and scalable architecture.
Benefits:
- Consistent low-latency transactional performance
- Vertical & horizontal scaling options
- Resource auto-balancing for high-demand workloads
Why Choose MariaDB for Your Workloads?
Drop-in replacement for MySQL with extended capabilities
Support for advanced storage engines like ColumnStore and MyRocks
Ideal for transactional and analytical hybrid workloads
Designed for performance, scalability, and high availability
Large community with strong open-source backing
Use Cases
Open-source application backends
Ideal for CMSs, eCommerce, and mobile apps requiring relational storage
Hybrid OLTP-OLAP systems
Use ColumnStore for analytics and InnoDB for transactions in the same setup
Cost-effective RDBMS replacement
Replace commercial RDBMS (MySQL EE, Oracle) with MariaDB for flexibility and cost savings
SaaS product databases
Multi-tenant support, strong data isolation, and read scaling with replication
Fintech and analytics workloads
Secure, performant, and compliant backend for core fintech data processing
Technical FAQs and Insights
What version of MariaDB is supported?
SutraDB supports the latest and up to two prior (N–2) stable versions of each database engine. Since version updates vary by vendor, please refer to the Yntraa Cloud Assure portal for the most up-to-date list of supported versions.
Is MariaDB compatible with MySQL?
Yes. MariaDB is a drop-in replacement for MySQL with added features, storage engines, and enhanced performance.
What is SutraDB?
SutraDB is Yotta’s fully managed Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) for relational workloads. It simplifies the provisioning, security, scaling, and lifecycle management of leading SQL database engines — enabling enterprises to deploy and operate production-grade databases with ease.
Which databases are supported on SutraDB?
SutraDB supports major relational engines in both open-source and enterprise editions, including: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL) and MariaDB etc.
- Oracle DB enterprise support can be provided based on customer requirements and custom plans are available.
Can I choose between open-source and enterprise variants?
Yes. You can select the database edition that best aligns with your licensing policies, performance targets, and cost strategy — all fully managed by Yotta.
How does SutraDB ensure high availability?
High availability is delivered and ensured through multiple approaches:
- Multi-zone deployment architectures
- Native replication strategies specific to each engine
- Configurable active-passive or active-active clustering
- Automated failover capabilities through semi manual and automated way
This ensures continuous operations with minimal downtime.
Where is my data stored, and is it compliant with Indian regulations?
All SutraDB environments are hosted on Yotta’s India-based sovereign cloud and data centers, ensuring data residency adherence and alignment with regulatory mandates such as:
- RBI
- SEBI
- MeitY
- HIPAA (where applicable)
Ideal for regulated and mission-critical workloads.
How do backups and restores work?
SutraDB offers both offline and online backup of databases as well as enterprise grade backup and recovery service options which will take care of your backup and faster restore requirement of critical data and databases. Further depending upon your requirement you can provision the backup policies to ensure continuous data and database is protected.
What billing and licensing models are available?
You can select the model that suits your business, options are like:
- Pay-as-you-grow consumption-based billing
- Subscription or committed plans for predictable usage
How do I migrate existing databases to SutraDB?
We Supports both homogenous and heterogenous database migrations. And it is further simplified with:
- Yotta-assisted migration and tooling
- Using native replication options and Yotta assistance
- Standard export/import (dump/restore) methods by Yotta
Our certified experts support minimal-downtime migration paths for production workloads.