This is a comparison between notable database engines for the MySQL database management system (DBMS). A database engine (or "storage engine") is the underlying software component that a DBMS uses to create, read, update and delete (CRUD) data from a database.
| Name | Vendor | License | Transactional | Under active development | MySQL versions | MariaDB versions[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archive | Oracle | GPL | 5.0 – present | 5.1 – present | ||
| Aria | MariaDB | GPL | 5.1 – present | |||
| Berkeley DB | Oracle | AGPLv3 | ? – 5.0 | |||
| BLACKHOLE | Oracle | GPL | 5.0 – present | 5.1 – present | ||
| CONNECT | MariaDB | GPL | 10.0 – present | |||
| CSV | Oracle | GPL | 5.0 – present | 5.1 – present | ||
| Falcon | Oracle | GPL | ||||
| Federated | Oracle | GPL | 5.0 – present | 5.1 – | ||
| FederatedX | MariaDB | GPL | ? – present | |||
| ColumnStore (formerly InfiniDB) | Calpont | GPL | 10.5.4 – present | |||
| InnoDB | Oracle | GPL | 3.23 – present | 5.1 – present[2] | ||
| MEMORY | Oracle | GPL | 3.23 – present | 5.1 – present | ||
| Mroonga | Groonga Project | GPL | 10.0 – present | |||
| MyISAM | Oracle | GPL | 3.23 – present | 5.1 – present | ||
| MyRocks | GPLv2 | 10.2 – present | ||||
| NDB | Oracle | GPLv2 | ||||
| OQGRAPH | Oracle | GPLv2 | 5.2 – present | |||
| S3 | MariaDB | GPL | 10.5 – present | |||
| SEQUENCE | MariaDB | GPL | 10.0 – present | |||
| Sphinx | Sphinx Technologies Inc. | GPL | 5.2 – present | |||
| SPIDER | Kentoku Shiba | GPL | 10.0 – present | |||
| TempTable | Oracle | GPL | 8.0 – present | |||
| TokuDB | Percona | Modified GPL | 5.5 – 10.6[3] | |||
| XtraDB | Percona | GPL | 5.1 – 10.1[2] |
References
- ^ "Storage Engines". MariaDB KnowledgeBase. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- ^ "InnoDB Versions". MariaDB KnowledgeBase. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- ^ "TokuDB". MariaDB KnowledgeBase. Retrieved 2024-01-25.