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MariaDB is a fork of MySQL.  The database structure and indexes of MariaDB are the same as MySQL. This makes MariaDB a backward compatible, drop-in replacement for MySQL.

We currently run MariaDB version 10.2.29

To check the version of MariaDB:

1. Head to Manage Hosting, then phpMyAdmin.

2. Select the database in the left-hand panel.

3. Select the Query tab at the top

4. Type the query:

SELECT VERSION();

5. Select Go

6. The version of MariaDB will then be outputted.