What Storage Engines Does RDS for MySQL Support?
The database storage engine is a core service for storing, processing, and protecting data. It can be used to control access permissions and rapidly process transactions to meet enterprise requirements.
InnoDB Storage Engine
For RDS for MySQL databases, only InnoDB supports backup and restoration and is therefore recommended.
Other Storage Engines
RDS for MySQL does not support other storage engines. Table 1 lists the storage engines not supported by RDS for MySQL 5.6 or later versions.
Storage Engine |
Reason |
---|---|
MyISAM |
|
FEDERATED |
|
MEMORY |
|
Related FAQ
Q: If the storage engines I obtained after running SHOW ENGINES on my RDS for MySQL instance contain not only the InnoDB storage engine, which storage engine is actually supported by RDS for MySQL?
A: The InnoDB storage engine. The storage engines returned in the command output of SHOW ENGINES are not the actually available engines, and they can be disabled by the parameter disabled_storage_engines.
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