# Intro To Myrocks

> Short introduction and link to the MyRocks engine.

- Canonical: https://dennisokeeffe.com/blog/2018-10-22-intro-to-myrocks
- Published: 2018-10-22
- Updated: 2018-10-22

MyRocks DB is a technology open-sourced by Facebook that combines the benefits of size reduction thanks to `RocksDB` while also ensuring you can use your favourite SQL features.

The initial post on `MyRocks` and the comparision of their usage of `InnoDB` and `RocksDB` from 2016 [can be read here](https://code.fb.com/core-data/myrocks-a-space-and-write-optimized-mysql-database/).