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! About MyISAM
MyISAM is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_engine|storage engine] for the databases supported by Tiki: ((MariaDB)), ((MySQL)) and ((Percona Server for MySQL)).
It is supported since the beginning of Tiki (2002). In 2017, the default storage engine became ((InnoDB)) for Tiki data. However:
* MyISAM still works just fine, and you can use if your host doesn't support InnoDB. And you can easily convert later.
* Even if InnoDB is used for Tiki data, MyISAM is still used for the ((Unified Index)) when MariaDB / MySQL / Percona Server is used for MySQL Full Text Search. Ref: ((Unified Index Comparison)).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MyISAM