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MariaDB for Defense and Intelligence
Your mission apps are waiting due to data gravity. MariaDB GridGain serves hot data from memory in front of what you already run. Your system of record stays in place.
Stop making the mission wait
Waiting on the database, the network or a core a continent away. That is data gravity, and you pay twice: in delayed decisions and in moving data.
Collapse data gravity. Fund the mission.
Data gravity is the pull that drags every workload toward the largest data store. In defense, raw data is hauled to a central legacy core before anyone can act, and every read adds load to your most expensive system. MariaDB Enterprise Server modernizes the core, while MariaDB GridGain reverses the pull.
Modernize the system of record itself
Logistics, personnel, procurement and command systems move to MariaDB Enterprise Server, an open source foundation with a DISA-approved STIG and continuous availability across sites, replacing proprietary licensing without sacrificing hardening.
Add a layer, keep your system of record
MariaDB GridGain sits inline between your applications or data streams and your existing databases, serving hot data from memory and processing it where it lives. Nothing behind it has to be replaced, migrated or rewritten.
Lower the load on your most expensive systems
Offloading read-heavy work to memory can reduce mainframe MIPS consumption and avoid per-core license expansion for Oracle and other proprietary databases, so costs don’t grow with every new query.
Move less data
Processing and filtering at the source means less raw data crosses constrained links and lands in central storage, which matters most where bandwidth is scarce and the window to act is short.
Turn O&M spend into mission budget
Money that would have gone to license growth and capacity can go toward edge and AI initiatives instead, without a risky migration or a multi-year replacement program.
Capabilities
Platform capabilities for mission systems
A STIG for your assessor
DISA has approved a Security Technical Implementation Guide for Enterprise Server, so your team gets hardening guidance that supports RMF accreditation.
Continuous availability across sites
MaxScale promotes a replica and replays transactions. Enterprise Galera Cluster keeps every node writable. Raft Cluster commits on a majority of nodes across sites.
Compute at the tactical edge, built for DDIL
MariaDB GridGain turns the RAM across your nodes into one grid. Logic runs where the data sits. In DDIL conditions, nodes resync when connectivity returns, so C4ISR and JADC2 workflows don’t have to wait for SATCOM.
A compute layer that works with what you run
Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, MySQL and PostgreSQL, Cassandra and MongoDB, Hadoop and Spark, Kafka, MQTT and JMS through SQL, JDBC, ODBC and REST.
Why MariaDB
Why defense and intelligence programs choose MariaDB
Adoption without disruption
Add MariaDB GridGain in front of your existing systems. Your system of record stays in place, and you can adopt it one application at a time.
Support that knows the mission
U.S.-based support including cleared personnel, plus a Technical Account Manager who knows your environment, architecture and mission priorities.
Self-managed in your boundary
You hold the keys. There is no dependency on an external service to install, patch, back up or operate on premises, air-gapped or ruggedized hardware.
Curated open source
Built on open source so you avoid lock-in, with enterprise hardening, CVE response and production support from MariaDB rather than relying on a community project alone.
COTS instead of custom code
A standard in-memory compute data layer replaces bespoke integration written per sensor or feed, so engineering effort shrinks and new sources connect faster.
One platform, not a stack of point tools
Transactions, in-memory compute, high availability and operations management from one vendor and one support relationship.
Compliance
Built for federal accreditation
Hardened to the DISA STIG for RMF accreditation, with encryption, access control, audit logging and data locality configured to your enclave.
DISA-approved STIG
FIPS 140-3 mode on NIST-validated modules
Defense and intelligence data platform
Used across the Department of Defense and the intelligence community, including programs supporting the Army, Navy and Air Force and combatant commands.
Available through Carahsoft and immixGroup on GSA, SEWP V, ITES-SW2, TX DIR, CMAS, NASPO and SLSA (Canada).
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Frequently asked questions
One platform for mission workloads: MariaDB Enterprise Server for transactions and systems of record, MariaDB GridGain for in-memory speed and compute close to the data at the tactical edge.
Data gravity is the tendency of a large data store to pull workloads toward it. In defense, it shows up as backhauling raw telemetry before anyone can act and every read landing on your most expensive systems.
It runs logic on the node that owns the data and serves repeated reads from memory, so less data crosses constrained links and less load reaches mainframes and per-core-licensed databases.
No. GridGain sits between your applications or data streams and your existing databases, so you accelerate them in place. Your system of record stays exactly where it is.
TLS encrypts traffic between nodes, clients and the REST interface, with mutual TLS for client certificates, basic and LDAP authentication, role-based access control and encryption at rest.
It deploys inside your boundary alongside existing systems and leaves your system of record unchanged. Our federal team and your Technical Account Manager can work with your assessor on controls and deployment patterns.
Yes. DISA has approved a Security Technical Implementation Guide for MariaDB Enterprise Server, giving agencies configuration standards and hardening guidance for accredited deployments.
Yes. It is self-managed and runs with no outbound connectivity, installed from local repositories inside a closed enclave. Patching and backup operate without reaching an external service.
It depends on your workload, your data and how much is read repeatedly. That is why we start with a 30-day evaluation on one of your own applications and measure the result in your enclave.
A commercial off-the-shelf data layer replaces bespoke ETL and glue code written for each system or feed. Fewer custom components mean less software to build and sustain, and new sources connect to an existing interface.
Not yet. FedRAMP authorization for MariaDB Cloud is targeted for 2027. Until then, agencies can deploy MariaDB in self-managed environments: on premises, air-gapped, or on government cloud regions they operate.