MySQL: What happens if my server loses power and I'm using the MEMORY engine?

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Published on 2010-03-17T04:11:02Z Indexed on 2010/03/17 4:11 UTC
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Does the MEMORY storage engine ever write to disk the database contents?

Meaning, if I'm using the MEMORY storage engine and my database server loses power - do I lose all of my database content or is it backed up to disk?

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