Storage engines are MySQL components for handling the SQL operations used in different types of tables. MySQL storage engines are designed to manage different types of tasks in different types of environments. It is very important to know and choose which storage engine is best suited for the system or application requirements. In following sections, we will get to know in detail about the types of storage engines, the default storage engine, and the creation of custom storage engines.
Let us go through and see why the storage engine is a very important component in databases, including MySQL 8. Storage engines work with database engines to perform various types of tasks in different environments. They execute create, read, update, and delete operations in the form of statements on data from the database. It looks quite simple when you provide the ENGINE...