[TYPO3-english] Convert all tables to InnoDB

Dmitry Dulepov dmitry.dulepov at gmail.com
Thu Dec 1 09:39:43 CET 2011


Hi!

Jigal van Hemert wrote:
> Generally speaking: yes, that would be bad. To put it very
> simplistically: MyISAM performs best for tables which are mostly read or
> mostly written. InnoDB performs best for tables with concurrent read and
> write actions.
>
> The mixed engine configuration in TYPO3 was done deliberately.

I second that. There are tables that are mainly read. They need to be 
MyISAM because that is the fastest. Changing them to InnoDB will slow down 
the whole installation.

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