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8.9. Buffering and Caching

8.9.1. The InnoDB Buffer Pool
8.9.2. The MyISAM Key Cache
8.9.3. The MySQL Query Cache
8.9.4. Caching of Prepared Statements and Stored Programs

MySQL uses several strategies that cache information in memory buffers to increase performance.