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title: "Performance and Scalability characteristics of MySQL"  
description: "MySQL has a unique storage engine architecture that makes it adaptable to most   										servers. MySQL meets the expectations of the most common ap"  
author: "Uttam Misra"  
published: 2011-04-23  
updated: 2014-09-18  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/blog/140/performance-and-scalability-characteristics-of-mysql  
category: "database"  
tags: ["database"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Performance and Scalability characteristics of MySQL

MySQL has a unique [storage](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/44536/finding-your-self-storage-facility) engine [architecture](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/249193/top-5-reasons-to-pursue-architecture) that makes it adaptable to most servers. MySQL meets the expectations of the most [common applications](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/160781/name-three-common-applications-of-generative-ai-in-everyday-technology), i.e. to run millions of transactions. [Features](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12993/5-advanced-features-for-your-odoo-ecommerce-theme) like strong memory cache, [indexing](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/303693/how-search-engines-work-crawling-indexing-and-ranking) etc adds to the performance.

MySQL being [open source](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/337437/how-to-leverage-open-source-for-innovative-project-development) allows customization which allows users to add their own requirements. MySQL also [supports](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/12043/how-to-create-a-killer-mobile-app-that-supports-your-brand) large number of [embedded](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/332094/what-is-embedded-software-engineering) applications. These features add to the [scalability](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/784/what-are-the-performance-and-scalability-characteristics-of-mysql) characteristic.

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