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Where can I obtain complete documentation for MySQL storage
engines?
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See Chapter 15, Alternative Storage Engines. That chapter contains
information about all MySQL storage engines except for the
InnoDB storage engine and the
NDB storage engine (used for MySQL
Cluster). InnoDB is covered in
Chapter 14, The InnoDB Storage Engine.
NDB is covered in
Chapter 18, MySQL NDB Cluster 7.3 and NDB Cluster 7.4.
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A.2.2. |
Are there any new storage engines in MySQL 5.6?
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The features from the optional InnoDB Plugin
from MySQL 5.1 are folded into the built-in
InnoDB storage engine, so you can take
advantage of features such as the Barracuda file format,
InnoDB table compression, and the new
configuration options for performance. See
Chapter 14, The InnoDB Storage Engine for details.
InnoDB also becomes the default storage
engine for new tables. See Section 14.1, “Introduction to InnoDB”
for details.
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A.2.3. |
Have any storage engines been removed in MySQL 5.6?
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No.
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A.2.4. |
What are the unique benefits of the ARCHIVE
storage engine?
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The ARCHIVE storage engine stores large
amounts of data without indexes; it has a small footprint, and
performs selects using table scans. See
Section 15.5, “The ARCHIVE Storage Engine”, for details.
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