title: MySQL Cluster or MariaDB Galera
body: <p>I'm considering implementing a cluster server.  I have currently used MySQL for my application for the past few years but I've read a lot of uncertainty over the past year on what is going to be happening with MySQL and also the advantages and improvements of MariaDB.</p>
  
  <p>If it were a single server, based on everything I've read I would switch over to MariaDB right now so I wouldn't need to do it later, but since it's a <strong><em>cluster</em></strong> I am torn about whether I should switch to MariaDB Galera right now or wait awhile before it's more mature.</p>
  
  <p>Does anyone have experience implementing both of these solutions and "pros" and "cons" of those implementations?</p>
  
  <p>My other worry is that with improvements, MariaDB won't be a complete drop-in replacement after a year or 2 as it improves and adds new features, so now WOULD be a better time to switch to MariaDB.</p>