MySQL version 5.6 ok?

[sorvani]

Originally Posted by joligario

I'm using MySQL 5.6.16 packaged with XAMPP and it works fine. As sorvani said, that is not out of the box specifically, but the version will work.

I would assume that the XAMPP devs setup MySQL to match prior versions. In the default install of a clean MySQL 5.6 the advanced options no longer pop up for a number of settings that we setup. Again, it is simply a configuration issue I never bothered to look at.

This is why I never cared about 5.6. I am planning to go this route next time I install from scratch.

Originally Posted by Akkadius

I'd recommend using MariaDB10.0, I have yet to write up my Wiki articles explaining a bunch of server things but I have the EZ Server now running on MariaDB10.0 x64. Big performance boosts especially if you configure your my.ini correctly.