SET @start_global_value = @@global.ROCKSDB_NO_BLOCK_CACHE; SELECT @start_global_value; @start_global_value 0 "Trying to set variable @@global.ROCKSDB_NO_BLOCK_CACHE to 444. It should fail because it is readonly." SET @@global.ROCKSDB_NO_BLOCK_CACHE = 444; ERROR HY000: Variable 'rocksdb_no_block_cache' is a read only variable