Enterprise Server with ColumnStore (Object Storage)
Deploy Single-Node Enterprise ColumnStore with Object Storage
Overview
This procedure describes the deployment of the Single-Node Enterprise ColumnStore topology with Object storage.
MariaDB Enterprise ColumnStore 23.10 is a columnar storage engine for MariaDB Enterprise Server and Enterprise ColumnStore is best suited for Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) workloads.
This procedure has 5 steps, which are executed in sequence.
This page provides an overview of the topology, requirements, and deployment procedures.
Please read and understand this procedure before executing.
Procedure Steps
Support
Customers can obtain support by submitting a support case.
Components
The following components are deployed during this procedure:
Modern SQL RDBMS with high availability, pluggable storage engines, hot online backups, and audit logging.
MariaDB Enterprise Server Components
Columnar Storage Engine
Optimized for Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) workloads
S3-compatible object storage
Topology
The Single-Node Enterprise ColumnStore topology provides support for Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) workloads to MariaDB Enterprise Server.
The Enterprise ColumnStore node:
Receives queries from the application
Executes queries
Use S3-compatible object storage for data
High Availability
Single-Node Enterprise ColumnStore does not provide high availability (HA) for Online Analytical Processing (OLAP). If you would like to deploy Enterprise ColumnStore with high availability, see Enterprise ColumnStore with Object storage.
Requirements
These requirements are for the Single-Node Enterprise ColumnStore, when deployed with MariaDB Enterprise Server and MariaDB Enterprise ColumnStore.
Operating System
Debian 11 (x86_64, ARM64)
Debian 12 (x86_64, ARM64)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (x86_64, ARM64)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (x86_64, PPC64LE, ARM64)
Red Hat UBI 8 (x86_64, ARM64)
Rocky Linux 8 (x86_64, ARM64)
Rocky Linux 9 (x86_64, ARM64)
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (x86_64, ARM64)
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (x86_64, ARM64)
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (x86_64, ARM64)
Minimum Hardware Requirements
MariaDB Enterprise ColumnStore's minimum hardware requirements are not intended for production environments, but the minimum hardware requirements can be appropriate for development and test environments. For production environments, see the recommended hardware requirements instead.
The minimum hardware requirements are:
Enterprise ColumnStore node
4+ cores
16+ GB
MariaDB Enterprise ColumnStore will refuse to start if the system has less than 3 GB of memory.
If Enterprise ColumnStore is started on a system with less memory, the following error message will be written to the ColumnStore system log called crit.log:
Apr 30 21:54:35 a1ebc96a2519 PrimProc[1004]: 35.668435 |0|0|0| C 28 CAL0000: Error total memory available is less than 3GB.And the following error message will be raised to the client:
ERROR 1815 (HY000): Internal error: System is not ready yet. Please try again.Recommended Hardware Requirements
MariaDB Enterprise ColumnStore's recommended hardware requirements are intended for production analytics.
The recommended hardware requirements are:
Enterprise ColumnStore node
64+ cores
128+ GB
Storage Requirements
Single-node Enterprise ColumnStore with Object Storage requires the following storage type:
Single-node Enterprise ColumnStore with Object Storage uses S3-compatible object storage to store data.
S3-Compatible Object Storage Requirements
Single-node Enterprise ColumnStore with Object Storage uses S3-compatible object storage to store data.
Many S3-compatible object storage services exist. MariaDB Corporation cannot make guarantees about all S3-compatible object storage services, because different services provide different functionality.
For the preferred S3-compatible object storage providers that provide cloud and hardware solutions, see the following sections:
The use of non-cloud and non-hardware providers is at your own risk.
If you have any questions about using specific S3-compatible object storage with MariaDB Enterprise ColumnStore, contact us.
Preferred Object Storage Providers: Cloud
Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3
Google Cloud Storage
Azure Storage
Alibaba Cloud Object Storage Service
Preferred Object Storage Providers: Hardware
Cloudian HyperStore
Dell EMC
Seagate Lyve Rack
Quantum ActiveScale
IBM Cloud Object Storage
Quick Reference
MariaDB Enterprise Server Configuration Management
Configuration File
Configuration files (such as /etc/my.cnf) can be used to set system variables and options. The server must be restarted to apply changes made to configuration files.
Command-line
The server can be started with command-line options that set system variables and options.
SQL
Users can set system variables that support dynamic changes on-the-fly using the SET statement.
MariaDB Enterprise Server packages are configured to read configuration files from different paths, depending on the operating system. Making custom changes to Enterprise Server default configuration files is not recommended because custom changes may be overwritten by other default configuration files that are loaded later.
To ensure that your custom changes will be read last, create a custom configuration file with the z- prefix in one of the include directories.
CentOS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
/etc/my.cnf.d/z-custom-mariadb.cnf
Debian
Ubuntu
/etc/mysql/mariadb.conf.d/z-custom-mariadb.cnf
MariaDB Enterprise Server Service Management
The systemctl command is used to start and stop the MariaDB Enterprise Server service.
Start
sudo systemctl start mariadb
Stop
sudo systemctl stop mariadb
Restart
sudo systemctl restart mariadb
Enable during startup
sudo systemctl enable mariadb
Disable during startup
sudo systemctl disable mariadb
Status
sudo systemctl status mariadb
Next Step
Navigation in the Single-Node Enterprise ColumnStore topology with Object storage deployment procedure:
Next: Step 1: Install MariaDB Enterprise ColumnStore.
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