select plugin_name, plugin_status from information_schema.plugins where plugin_name='provider_lz4'; plugin_name plugin_status set global innodb_compression_algorithm = lz4; ERROR 42000: Variable 'innodb_compression_algorithm' can't be set to the value of 'lz4' install plugin provider_lz4 soname 'provider_lz4'; select plugin_name, plugin_status from information_schema.plugins where plugin_name='provider_lz4'; plugin_name plugin_status provider_lz4 ACTIVE set global innodb_compression_algorithm = lz4; create table t1 (a int, b text) engine=innodb page_compressed=1; insert t1 (a, b) values (0, repeat("abc", 100)); insert t1 (a, b) values (1, repeat("def", 1000)); insert t1 (a, b) values (2, repeat("ghi", 10000)); select a, left(b, 9), length(b) from t1; a left(b, 9) length(b) 0 abcabcabc 300 1 defdefdef 3000 2 ghighighi 30000 uninstall plugin provider_lz4; Warnings: Warning 1620 Plugin is busy and will be uninstalled on shutdown select plugin_name, plugin_status from information_schema.plugins where plugin_name='provider_lz4'; plugin_name plugin_status provider_lz4 INACTIVE set global innodb_compression_algorithm = default; set global innodb_compression_algorithm = lz4; set global innodb_compression_algorithm = default; select a, left(b, 9), length(b) from t1; a left(b, 9) length(b) 0 abcabcabc 300 1 defdefdef 3000 2 ghighighi 30000 drop table t1;