There are now some interesting Storage Engines out there, beyond the usual MyISAM, InnoDB, NDB etc. The question is then, how do they perform? And as usual, I was a bit curious on the feasibility of these new guys on Windows?

I decided to try out MariaDB first, based on MySQL 5.1.39, and this also includes PBXT, which was convenient, now I got a chance to try, with one installation, InnoDB, MyISAM, Maria and PBXT. The MariaDB Windows download was no fun at all, though. This includes among many other things, the text setup (300Mb just that), pdb files for libraries and executables, embedded versions and debug and optimized libraries, adding up to a whopping 869 Mb on disk (but you have to exclude my current data which amounts to 94 Mb). Standard 5.1.39 is 134 Mb on disk, excluding data.

What is more annoying is that there is no installer, no MSI no nuthin', just a zip. Which is sort of fine for me, but goes to show that …