My Sql Engine
MySQL Storage Engines MySQL is very different from other databases, in that it's storage engine is pluggable, what I mean by this is that the MySQL server core code is separate from the storage engine, which means that you can have a pluggable storage engine that fits your application. MySQL has over 20 storage engines, here is a list of the common ones Storage Engine Transactional Support Locking Level Online Non-blocking Backup Server Version(s) available InnoDB (default) Yes Row Yes 5.1, 5.5, 5.6 MyISAM/Merge No Table No 5.1, 5.5, 5.6 Memory No Table No 5.1, 5.5, 5.6 Marta Yes Row No 5.1, 5.5, 5.6 Falcon Yes Row Yes 5.6 PBXT Yes Row Yes 5.1, 5.5, 5.6 FEDERATED No n/a n/a 5.1, 5.5, 5.6 NDB ...