MariaDB engines

• MyISAM (.myi)
• InnoDB, is the default storage engine from MariaDB 10.2
• Aria, a crash-safe alternative to MyISAM
• XtraDB

mariabackup support for online backups of InnoDB, Aria and MyISAM tables.

• Show database engine:

  show table status like '<table name>';

Activities

• Read https://mariadb.com/kb/en/choosing-the-right-storage-engine/

See also

• MariaDB: mariadbcheck, mariabackup, mysqldump, MyRocks, show (MariaDB) MariaDB Changelog, 50-server.cnf, MariaDB engines, .ibd, .myd, .myi
• MySQL, mysqldump, XtraBackup, MySQL Enterprise Backup, MyISAM