2.3.8. Selecting a MySQL Server type
The following table shows the available servers for Windows in
MySQL 5.1:
All of the preceding binaries are optimized for modern Intel
processors, but should work on any Intel i386-class or higher
processor.
All Windows MySQL 5.1 servers have support for
symbolic linking of database directories.
MySQL supports TCP/IP on all Windows platforms. The
mysqld-nt server supports named pipes on
Windows NT, 2000, XP, and 2003. However, the default is to use
TCP/IP regardless of platform. (Named pipes are slower than
TCP/IP in many Windows configurations.)
Use of named pipes is subject to these conditions:
Named pipes are enabled only if you start the server with
the --enable-named-pipe option. It is
necessary to use this option explicitly because some users
have experienced problems with shutting down the MySQL
server when named pipes were used.
Named-pipe connections are allowed only by the
mysqld-nt server, and only if the server
is run on a version of Windows that supports named pipes
(NT, 2000, XP, 2003).
These servers can be run on Windows 98 or Me, but only if
TCP/IP is installed; named-pipe connections cannot be used.
These servers can not be run on Windows 95.
Note: Most of the examples in
this manual use mysqld as the server name. If
you choose to use a different server, such as
mysqld-nt, make the appropriate substitutions
in the commands that are shown in the examples.
