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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

Transactional storage of the data dictionary

In the past, the MySQL data dictionary was stored in the file metadata and non-transactional tables, as already indicated in previous sections, but in MySQL 8.0 we now have a transactional data dictionary to store the information on the database objects.

The main difference between the tables MySQL system and data dictionary tables is that the system tables contain auxiliary data, such as time zone and help information, while the data dictionary tables contain the data required to perform SQL queries.

That said, the transactional storage of the data dictionary stores dictionary data in tables such as InnoDB, and not MyISAM as before. These tables of data dictionaries are located in the mysql schema with the other system tables.

The dictionary data is now protected by the same validation, restoration, and recovery after an incident that...