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MySQL 8 Administrator???s Guide

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

Replication in MySQL 8

In the previous chapter, we dived deep into MySQL 8 indexing. Indexes are an important entity for any database management system. They help improve SQL query performance by limiting the number of records to be visited. Database administrators working on performance improvement must be aware of this important technique. This chapter explains in detail the types of indexes and their advantages. This chapter also explains how indexing works in MySQL 8. It's going to be a pretty informative chapter!

Moving further along the same line, in this chapter, we will discuss database replication. How much are we already aware about database replication? It doesn't actually matter. This chapter covers insightful details about database replication. If you have prior knowledge of database replication, this chapter will add to it. If you have only just heard about...