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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

Advanced Data Techniques for Large Queries

In the previous chapters, we learned how to use indexes, and execution plans, and looked at the best way to analyze a table structure. In this chapter, we will be learning how to analyze and optimize large MySQL queries, and look at some tips and techniques.

We all know that a full scan on a huge table will impact your database performance, and we will learn how to avoid it. We will also review the new MySQL 8.0 partition features and improvements.

This chapter will cover the following:

  • The most important variables are full scan indicators
  • Partitioning a table:
    • Overview of partitioning in MySQL 8.0
    • Partitioning types available
    • Horizontally partitioning your data
    • Managing partitions:
      • Option #1: RANGE partitioning
      • Option #2: LIST partitioning
      • Option #3: HASH partitioning
      • Option #4: KEY partitioning
  • Using partitions:
    • Partition pruning...