We have gone through various new features and improvements in MySQL 8. It makes us more excited, as performance is always what we crave. With MySQL 8 not being generally available yet, Oracle hasn't published its benchmark results. We didn't wait for it to do so and carried out our own analysis in a few areas.
Configuration best practices of MySQL is the cherry on the cake; without the cherry, the cake seems incomplete. In addition to configurations, benchmarking helps us validate and find bottlenecks and address them. Let's look at a few specific areas that will help us understand the best practices for configuration and performance benchmarking.
