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MySQL 8 Cookbook

By : Karthik Appigatla
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MySQL 8 Cookbook

By: Karthik Appigatla

Overview of this book

MySQL is one of the most popular and widely used relational databases in the World today. The recently released MySQL 8 version promises to be better and more efficient than ever before. This book contains everything you need to know to be the go-to person in your organization when it comes to MySQL. Starting with a quick installation and configuration of your MySQL instance, the book quickly jumps into the querying aspects of MySQL. It shows you the newest improvements in MySQL 8 and gives you hands-on experience in managing high-transaction and real-time datasets. If you've already worked with MySQL before and are looking to migrate your application to MySQL 8, this book will also show you how to do that. The book also contains recipes on efficient MySQL administration, with tips on effective user management, data recovery, security, database monitoring, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and more. With quick solutions to common and not-so-common problems you might encounter while working with MySQL 8, the book contains practical tips and tricks to give you the edge over others in designing, developing, and administering your database effectively.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Title Page
Dedication
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Creating file-per-table tablespaces outside the data directory


In the previous section, you understood how to create a system tablespace in another disk. In this section, you will learn how to create an individual tablespace in another disk.

How to do it...

You can mount a new disk with particular performance or capacity characteristics, such as a fast SSD or a high-capacity HDD, onto a directory and configure InnoDB to use that. Within the destination directory, MySQL creates a subdirectory corresponding to the database name, and within that, a .ibd file for the new table. Remember, you cannot use the DATA DIRECTORY clause with the ALTER TABLE statement:

  1. Mount the new disk and change the permissions. If you are using AppArmour or SELinux, make sure you set the alias or context correctly:
shell> sudo chown -R mysql:mysql /var/lib/mysql_fast_storage
shell> sudo chmod 750 /var/lib/mysql_fast_storage
  1. Create a table:
mysql> CREATE TABLE event_tracker (
event_id INT UNSIGNED AUTO_INCREMENT...