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Advanced MySQL 8

By : Eric Vanier, Birju Shah, Tejaswi Malepati
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Advanced MySQL 8

By: Eric Vanier, Birju Shah, Tejaswi Malepati

Overview of this book

Advanced MySQL 8 teaches you to enhance your existing database infrastructure and build various tools to improve your enterprise applications and overall website performance. The book starts with the new and exciting MySQL 8.0 features and how to utilize them for maximum efficiency. As you make your way through the chapters, you will learn to optimize MySQL performance using indexes and advanced data query techniques for large queries. You will also discover MySQL Server 8.0 settings and work with the MySQL data dictionary to boost the performance of your database. In the concluding chapters, you will cover MySQL 8.0 Group Replication, which will enable you to create elastic, highly available, and fault-tolerant replication topologies. You will also explore backup and recovery techniques for your databases and understand important tips and tricks to help your critical data reach its full potential. By the end of this book, you’ll have learned about new MySQL 8.0 security features that allow a database administrator (DBA) to simplify user management and increase the security of their multi-user environments.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)
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Advanced MySQL Performance Tips and Techniques

Migrating from master-slave replication to MySQL InnoDB cluster

The MySQL InnoDB cluster is increasingly popular thanks to its high-availability features, so it's important that we look at how to migrate your replication mechanism from master-slave to InnoDB cluster.

First, you will need to have read through and understood Chapter 7, Group Replication in MySQL 8.0. Make sure that you understand Group Replication, the impact of using the MySQL database, and the pros and cons of each scenario.

There are several changes required in database table design that need to be followed carefully. Two important points to remember are as follows:

  • InnoDB engine is a must for all tables
  • All tables should have a primary key, not a null unique key

To list each table that does not use InnoDB Engine, use the following command:

SELECT table_schema, table_name, engine, table_rows, (index_length...