Oracle recommends InnoDB
as the preferred
storage engine for typical database applications, from single-user
wikis and blogs running on a local system, to high-end
applications pushing the limits of performance. In MySQL
5.6, InnoDB
is the default storage
engine for new tables.
If you do not want to use InnoDB
tables:
Start the server with the
--innodb=OFF
or--skip-innodb
option to disable theInnoDB
storage engine.NoteAs of MySQL 5.6.21, the
--skip-innodb
option still works but it is deprecated and returns a warning when used. Expect it to be removed in a future MySQL release. This also applies to its synonyms (--innodb=OFF
,--disable-innodb
, and so forth).Because the default storage engine is
InnoDB
, the server cannot start unless you also use--default-storage-engine
and--default-tmp-storage-engine
to set the default to some other engine for both permanent andTEMPORARY
tables.To prevent the server from crashing when the
InnoDB
-relatedinformation_schema
tables are queried, also disable the plugins associated with those tables. Specify in the[mysqld]
section of the MySQL configuration file:loose-innodb-trx=0 loose-innodb-locks=0 loose-innodb-lock-waits=0 loose-innodb-cmp=0 loose-innodb-cmp-per-index=0 loose-innodb-cmp-per-index-reset=0 loose-innodb-cmp-reset=0 loose-innodb-cmpmem=0 loose-innodb-cmpmem-reset=0 loose-innodb-buffer-page=0 loose-innodb-buffer-page-lru=0 loose-innodb-buffer-pool-stats=0 loose-innodb-metrics=0 loose-innodb-ft-default-stopword=0 loose-innodb-ft-inserted=0 loose-innodb-ft-deleted=0 loose-innodb-ft-being-deleted=0 loose-innodb-ft-config=0 loose-innodb-ft-index-cache=0 loose-innodb-ft-index-table=0 loose-innodb-sys-tables=0 loose-innodb-sys-tablestats=0 loose-innodb-sys-indexes=0 loose-innodb-sys-columns=0 loose-innodb-sys-fields=0 loose-innodb-sys-foreign=0 loose-innodb-sys-foreign-cols=0