On Fri, 2001-10-05 at 23:59, Benjamin Pflugmann wrote: > Hi. > > Heikki, please correct me, if I say something stupid. ;-) > > On Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 10:07:04AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Deryck, others: > > > > I'm doing some reading on InnoDB and am pretty ignorant on the subjets. > > Can someone explain why would InnoDB be faster than MySQL? > > Please note that InnoDB also belongs to MySQL. What you probably mean > is the MYISAM table type. InnoDB is "just another" table type.
Well, table handler "InnoDB" is part of software "MySQL". To be politically correct I have to say that company "Innobase OY" doesn't belong to MySQL AB :). InnoDB is by nature totally independent project which just contributing to MySQL. > If you use transactions, InnoDB will be a lot slower than MYISAM > tables. InnoDB seems to be faster, if you disable commits (or at least > the disk flushes connected with that). I think, one of the main > reasons that it can be faster than MYISAM tables is that it > preallocates disk space. InnoDB is faster on write concurrency! This is the difference. Much smarter row-level locking. This gives the speed. -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Mr. Tonu Samuel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ MySQL AB, Security Administrator /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ Tallinn, Estonia <___/ www.mysql.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
