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MySQL Storage Engines3/5

InnoDB vs MyISAM

Transactional row-locks vs non-transactional table-locks.

// mysql storage engines · pick the right one for the workloadInnoDBdefault since MySQL 5.5MyISAMlegacy · pre-5.5Transactions✓ ACID✗ noneLockingRow-levelTable-levelForeign keys✓ enforced✗ ignoredCrash recoveryAuto (redo log)ManualBest forOLTP · multi-userRead-heavy · append
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