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      2.3.3.3 Selecting a MySQL Server Type
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  <p>
   The following table shows the available servers for Windows in
        MySQL 8.4.
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       Binary
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       Description
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      <td>
       <a class="link" href="mysqld.html" title="6.3.1 mysqld — The MySQL Server">
        <span class="command">
         <strong>
          mysqld
         </strong>
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       Optimized binary with named-pipe support
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      <td>
       <a class="link" href="mysqld.html" title="6.3.1 mysqld — The MySQL Server">
        <span class="command">
         <strong>
          mysqld-debug
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       </a>
      </td>
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       Like
       <a class="link" href="mysqld.html" title="6.3.1 mysqld — The MySQL Server">
        <span class="command">
         <strong>
          mysqld
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       , but compiled with full debugging and
              automatic memory allocation checking
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   Each of the servers in a distribution support the same set of
        storage engines. The
   <a class="link" href="show-engines.html" title="15.7.7.17 SHOW ENGINES Statement">
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     SHOW ENGINES
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   statement displays which engines a given server supports.
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   All Windows MySQL 8.4 servers have support for
        symbolic linking of database directories.
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   MySQL supports TCP/IP on all Windows platforms. MySQL servers on
        Windows also support named pipes, if you start the server with
        the
   <a class="link" href="server-system-variables.html#sysvar_named_pipe">
    <code class="literal">
     named_pipe
    </code>
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   system variable
        enabled. It is necessary to enable this variable explicitly
        because some users have experienced problems with shutting down
        the MySQL server when named pipes were used. The default is to
        use TCP/IP regardless of platform because named pipes are slower
        than TCP/IP in many Windows configurations.
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