Best way to store XML data in a MySQL database, with some specific requirements

Question

I am receiving XML data from a service. The test data I am receiving back has about 300 XML nodes, clearly far too many to create individual rows for in a MySQL database.

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Answer 1

The best way is to not store XML in the DB, but I have history with that particular issue.

Just store it as TEXT. 500 MB is nothing for MySql, especially with TEXT datatypes, since those aren't stored in the row buffer.