max_user_connections Can be changed online in MySQL. Cannot be changed in MariaDB if value was set to 0.
PERFORMANCE_SCHEMA is enabled in MySQL 5.6 and 5.7 by default. In MariaDB disabled by default.
- Replication incompatibilities from MariaDB (Master) to MySQL (Slave)
- MariaDB 10.2.0 still contains XtraDB 5.6. So MySQL 5.7 features cannot be used.
- MariaDB 10.2 Window Functions are missing in MySQL 5.7
SHOW PROCESSLIST has additional column Progress in MariaDB.
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