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database engine

Software that stores and retrieves data in a database. It may be a self-contained entity or part of a comprehensive database management system (DBMS). See database manager.



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Independent storage engines (MylSAM for read speed, InnoDB for transactions and referential integrity)
In addition to InnoDB, all MySQL database products come with additional non-transactional storage engines, such as the HEAP in-memory storage engine and the MyISAM standard and read-only compressed storage engines.
Since this partner program was rolled out at last year's conference, a number of vendors and community developers have announced and delivered customized storage engines that can be plugged into the MySQL Server to help users optimize their database applications for specific use cases.
 
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