# Percona 5.5 (sorry to post here, there was no channel for 5.5)

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**Category:** Percona Server for MySQL 5.6\
**Created:** [April 20, 2016, 12:04pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-5-5-sorry-to-post-here-there-was-no-channel-for-5-5/4849 "2016-04-20T12:04:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![stevejohnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@stevejohnson](https://forums.percona.com/u/stevejohnson)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2016, 12:04pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-5-5-sorry-to-post-here-there-was-no-channel-for-5-5/4849/1 "2016-04-20T12:04:14Z")

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hello,  
I have a droplet on DigitalOcean, and i was using Mysql 5.5 with my ubuntu 14.04. Recently i switched to Percona (i used 5.5 as my mysql was 5.5). After replacing my mysql, i realized that my server was MyISAM instead of InnoDB.

I’ve read that MyISAM is not as good as InnoDB, and in my configuration i could see that Percona XtraBackup was not visible.

It should look like -

```auto
Engine: InnoDB Support: DEFAULT Comment: Percona-XtraDB, Supports transactions, row-level locking, and foreign keys Transactions: YES XA: YES Savepoints: YES

```

But it actually looks like -

```auto
Engine: MyISAM Support: YES Comment: MyISAM storage engine Transactions: NO XA: NO Savepoints: NO

```

As you can see, my configuration does not even support Transactions, which i dont feel very good about. But it seems Percona is actually running without XtraDB. Is this a bad thing? Any suggestions? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![stevejohnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@stevejohnson](https://forums.percona.com/u/stevejohnson)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2016, 7:59pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-5-5-sorry-to-post-here-there-was-no-channel-for-5-5/4849/2 "2016-04-21T19:59:49Z")

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UPDATE -  
I just checked and my app actually does a “ENGINE=MyISAM”. Hence my DB is MyISAM.  
Now, i upgraded to Percona after having this table, so my Percona is MyISAM… i don’t have Percona XtraDB. What is it that i have? It says Percona but not XtraDB… Can someone tell me if this can be a problem, or should i roll back to the standard MySql Setup?

I repeat, on doing “SHOW STORAGE ENGINES\G”  
I get :  
Engine: MyISAM Support: YES Comment: MyISAM storage engine Transactions: NO XA: NO Savepoints: NO

Though on doing “mysql -u root -p” and logging into the system, i do see Percona.  
Any help is appreciated,  
Thanks