Introduction to MySQL storage engines

Posted by linuxer on Dec 30, 2021 6:45 AM EDT
LinuxConfig.org; By Egidio Docile
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MySQL is probably the most famous Relational Database Management System (RDBMS). Developed as a free and open source software, it was originally backed by the MYSQL AB company, but is now owned by Oracle. In MySQL the “storage engine” used for a table determines how data is handled. There are several storage engines available, but the most used are InnoDB and MyISAM. In this article we see what are their distinctive features and the main differences between them.

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