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MySQL 8 Administrator???s Guide

You're reading from   MySQL 8 Administrator???s Guide Effective guide to administering high-performance MySQL 8 solutions

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788395199
Length 510 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Chintan Mehta Chintan Mehta
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Subhash Shah Subhash Shah
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. An Introduction to MYSQL 8 FREE CHAPTER 2. Installing and Upgrading MySQL 8 3. MySQL 8 – Using Programs and Utilities 4. MySQL 8 Data Types 5. MySQL 8 Database Management 6. MySQL 8 Storage Engines 7. Indexing in MySQL 8 8. Replication in MySQL 8 9. Partitioning in MySQL 8 10. MySQL 8 – Scalability and High Availability 11. MySQL 8 – Security 12. Optimizing MySQL 8 13. Extending MySQL 8 14. MySQL 8 Best Practices and Benchmarking 15. Troubleshooting MySQL 8 16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Optimizing database structure

As a database administrator, we must look for efficient ways to organize table schema, tables, and columns. We minimize I/O, plan ahead, and keep related items together to tune the application code in order to keep performance high with an increase in data volume. It usually starts with efficient database design, which makes it easier for team members to write high-performance application code. It also makes the database likely to sustain itself as applications evolve or are rewritten.

Optimizing data size

In order to minimize the space on the disk, we should start designing the database tables. This results in huge performance improvements, as it reduces the amount of data to be written to and...

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