MySQL’s Defaults
• Tuned for small and medium data sets
• Uses very little memory even if available
• Suitable for use in a shared environment
• Assumes little about your hardware
• Begins to slow as growth continues
• Uses non-transactional tables (MyISAM)
– That’s what most people need (90%)
– Very low overhead
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