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MySQL 8.4 Reference Manual  / Optimization  /  Optimizing for MyISAM Tables

10.6 Optimizing for MyISAM Tables

TheMyISAM storage engine performs best with read-mostly data or with low-concurrency operations, because table locks limit the ability to perform simultaneous updates. In MySQL,InnoDB is the default storage engine rather thanMyISAM.