Stages supports MySQL 5.7 and 8.0 Community Editions.

The transaction isolation must be set to “READ-COMMITTED” in my.cnf.

Stages uses the INNODB engine. This can have impact on the server backup strategy, because INNODB files tend to become very large.

If you run Stages with a MySQL database and have a virus scanner installed on the same server, please make sure that the virus scanner is not scanning the database directory as this might lead to database inconsistencies. This problem is a known MySQL error and Oracle is advising to proceed as described.

The Windows 7 search feature causes the same kind of problems as a virus scanner. Please disable this feature on the Stages server.