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Falcon
Original author(s)	Jim Starkey
Preview release	MySQL 6.0.2 / September 04, 2007
Operating system	Windows, Linux
Platform	x86, x86-64
Available in	C/C++
Type	Database engine
License	GNU General Public License
Website	http://mysql.bkbits.com

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Falcon is a new transactional storage engine for the MySQL relational database management system. It is currently in the alpha stage of development, being worked at in a development tree based on the MySQL 5.2 release, called MySQL 6.0. It is based on the Netfrastructure database engine.

Architecture analysis shows an interesting mixture of possible performance properties, while low level benchmarks on the first alpha release in 5.1.14-falcon showed that Falcon performed differently from both InnoDB and MyISAM. It did better in several tests, worse in others, with inefficient support for the MySQL LIMIT operation a limitation. Its biggest advantage though is known to be ease of use; Falcon requires minimum maintenance and designed to reconfigure itself automatically to handle efficiently all types of loads.

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-'''Falcon''' is a new [[database transaction|transactional]] [[storage engine]] for the [[MySQL]] [[relational database management system]]. It is currently in the [[Development_stage#Alpha|alpha stage]] of development, being worked at in a [[Fork (software development)|fork]] off the MySQL 5.2 release. It is based on the [[Netfrastructure]] database engine.
+'''Falcon''' is a new [[database transaction|transactional]] [[storage engine]] for the [[MySQL]] [[relational database management system]]. It is currently in the [[Development_stage#Alpha|alpha stage]] of development, being worked at in a     the MySQL 5.2 release. It is based on the [[Netfrastructure]] database engine.
 [http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2007/01/12/falcon-storage-engine-design-review/ Architecture] analysis shows an interesting mixture of possible performance properties, while low level [http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2007/01/08/innodb-vs-myisam-vs-falcon-benchmarks-part-1/ benchmarks] on the first alpha release in 5.1.14-falcon showed that '''Falcon''' performed differently from both [[InnoDB]] and [[MyISAM]]. It did better in several tests, worse in others, with inefficient support for the MySQL LIMIT operation a limitation. Its biggest advantage though is known to be ease of use; Falcon requires minimum maintenance and designed to reconfigure itself automatically to handle efficiently all types of loads.