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MySQL 8 Administrator???s Guide

By : Chintan Mehta, Ankit K Bhavsar, Hetal Oza, Subhash Shah
Book Image

MySQL 8 Administrator???s Guide

By: Chintan Mehta, Ankit K Bhavsar, Hetal Oza, Subhash Shah

Overview of this book

MySQL is one of the most popular and widely used relational databases in the world today. The recently released version 8.0 brings along some major advancements in the way your MySQL solution can be administered. This handbook will be your companion to understand the newly introduced features in MySQL and show you how you can leverage them to design a high-performance MySQL solution for your organization. This book starts with a brief introduction to the new features in MySQL 8, and then quickly jumping onto the crucial administration topics that you will find useful in your day-to-day work. Topics such as migrating to MySQL 8, MySQL benchmarking, achieving high performance by implementing the indexing techniques, and optimizing your queries are covered in this book. You will also learn how to perform replication, scale your MySQL solution and implement effective security techniques. There is also a special section on the common and not so common troubleshooting techniques for effective MySQL administration is also covered in this book. By the end of this highly practical book, you will have all the knowledge you need to tackle any problem you might encounter while administering your MySQL solution.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)

MySQL 8 Storage Engines

In the previous chapter, we learned about setting up a new system, data dictionary, and system database. Detailed information was provided on caching techniques, globalization, different types of components, and plugin configuration, along with several types of log files which are very important for administration.

This chapter gives detailed information on MySQL 8 storage engines. It explains the InnoDB storage engine and its features in detail and also provides a practical guideline on custom storage engine creation and how to make it pluggable so that it can be installed in MySQL 8. The topics that we will be covering in this chapter are as follows:

  • Overview of storage engines
  • Several types of storage engines
  • The InnoDB storage engine
  • Creating a custom storage engine