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The document discusses storage engines in MySQL, describing how MySQL uses a pluggable storage engine architecture that allows different engines like MyISAM and InnoDB to be loaded and unloaded. It provides information on setting the storage engine when creating or altering tables and compares advantages and disadvantages of the MyISAM and InnoDB engines.

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MySQL Engine Os 44

The document discusses storage engines in MySQL, describing how MySQL uses a pluggable storage engine architecture that allows different engines like MyISAM and InnoDB to be loaded and unloaded. It provides information on setting the storage engine when creating or altering tables and compares advantages and disadvantages of the MyISAM and InnoDB engines.

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Storage Engines

MySQL® for Developers | © MySQL AB 2009

Storage Engines

MySQL
Database Management Level
Storage engines are MySQL

Parse Optimize
Retrieve components that handle the SQL

Store
MySQL Server uses a pluggable
storage engine architecture that
Pluggable Storage Engines

enables storage engines to be


loaded into and unloaded from a
MyISAM InnoDB MySQL Memory Other ... running MySQL server.
Cluster

Storage Engines 20.2 SQL Parser and Storage Engines


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Storage Engines and MySQL

• Can choose specific storage engine when creating a table

• Best fit for your application

• Each have different characteristics and implications

Storage Engines 20.3 Storage Engines and MySQL


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Setting the Storage Engine

• Specify engine using CREATE TABLE


- MySQL uses system default engine if not specified

• Change engine for existing table with


ALTER TABLE
• Examples
CREATE TABLE t (i INT) ENGINE = InnoDB;

ALTER TABLE t ENGINE = InnoDB;

Storage Engines 20.3 Storage Engines and MySQL


MYISAM
Advantages:
• Storage up to 256 TB (Useful in archiving)
• Fast
• Support Full Text Search (Useful for Articles if table is not related to any other table)
• High Performance

Disadvantages:
• No caching for data
• No support for Foreign Key
• No support for Relational Database
• No Transactions for related tables
InnoDB
Advantages:
• Accept Foreign Key
• Support Full Text Search (starting from5.6.4)
• Accept updates in transactions between related tables
• Accept Cash
• Default Engine

Disadvantages:
• Storage 64 TB
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Storage Engines Available on Server

• View available storage engines…


SHOW ENGINES\G
************************ 1. row ***************************
Engine: MyISAM
Support: DEFAULT
Comment: Default engine as of MySQL 3.23 with great
performance

************************* 2. row ***************************


Engine: InnoDB
Support: YES
Comment: Supports transactions, row-level locking, foreign
keys

Storage Engines 20.3 Storage Engines and MySQL

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