The main differences are:
- Transactions (beta feature)
- Supports partitions (alpha feature)
- New class structure which allows developers to write connection classes for other RDBMSs without having to modify base classes for FederatedX
- Actively developed!
- FederatedX is statically compiled into MariaDB by default.
- When you create a table with FederatedX, the connection will be tested. The
CREATE
will fail if MariaDB can't connect to the remote host or if the remote table doesn't exist.