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 2.3.8 Selecting a MySQL Server type
 -----------------------------------
 
 The following table shows the available servers for Windows in MySQL
 5.0:
 
 *Binary*       *Description*
 `mysqld-debug' Compiled with full debugging and automatic memory
                allocation checking, as well as `InnoDB' and `BDB' tables.
 `mysqld'       Optimized binary with `InnoDB' support.
 `mysqld-nt'    Optimized binary for Windows NT, 2000, and XP with
                support for named pipes.
 `mysqld-max'   Optimized binary with support for `InnoDB' and `BDB'
                tables.
 `mysqld-max-nt'Like `mysqld-max', but compiled with support for named
                pipes.
 
 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 5.0 servers have support for symbolic linking of
 database directories.
 
 MySQL supports TCP/IP on all Windows platforms. The `mysqld-nt' and
 `mysql-max-nt' servers support 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' or
      `mysqld-max-nt' servers, 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.
 
 * 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.
 

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