When MySQL 5.5 switched its underlying storage engine MyISAM to another, InnoDB, it drew questions and created some confusion about the foundation of this database. Certainly, the choice of a storage ...

MySQL will have SolidDB OLTP storage engine as an option for its popular open-source database, filling what could have become a void caused by Oracle's acquisition last fall of Innobase. MySQL and ...

I'm trying to figure out what, if any, penalty may be associated with an INNODB table if you set the max file size far larger than the table may be expected to grow. Were Trying to avoid fragmentation ...

Mårten Mickos answers the questions posed by the Pro-Linux readership. The spectrum of the questions is quite broad and generates interesting answers about all aspects of MySQL. Last month Pro-Linux ...