MySQL 8 Administrator’s Guide: Effective guide to administering high-performance MySQL 8 solutions - Softcover

Mehta, Chintan; Bhavsar, Ankit; Oza, Hetal; Shah, Subhash

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1788395190 ISBN 13: 9781788395199

Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2018

Synopsis

Step by step guide to monitor, manage, and secure your database engine

Key Features

• Your companion to master all the administration-related tasks in MySQL 8
• Ensure high performance and high availability of your MySQL solution using effective replication and backup techniques
• A comprehensive guide to performing query optimization, security and a whole host of other administrative tasks in MySQL 8

Book Description

MySQL is one of the most popular and widely used relational databases in the world today. The recently released version 8.0 brings along some major advancements in the way your MySQL solution can be administered. This handbook will be your companion to understand the newly introduced features in MySQL and how you can leverage them to design a high-performance MySQL solution for your organization.

This book starts with a brief introduction to the newly introduced features in MySQL 8, followed by quickly jumping onto the crucial administration topics that you will find useful in your day to day work. Topics such as migrating to MySQL 8, MySQL benchmarking, achieving high performance by implementing the indexing techniques, and optimizing your queries are covered in this book. You will also learn how to perform replication, scale your MySQL solution and implement effective security techniques. A special section on the common and not so common troubleshooting techniques for effective MySQL administration is also covered in this book.

By the end of this highly practical book, you will have all the knowledge you need to tackle any problem you might encounter while administering your MySQL solution.

What you will learn

• Understanding different MySQL 8 data types based on type of contents and storage requirements
• Best practices for optimal use of features in MySQL 8
• Explore globalization configuration and caching techniques to improve performance
• Create custom storage engine as per system requirements
• Learn various ways of index implementation for flash memory storages
• Configure and implement replication along with approaches to use replication as solution
• Understand how to make your MySQL 8 solution highly available
• Troubleshoot common issues and identify error codes while using MySQL 8

Who This Book Is For

This book is intended for MySQL administrators who are looking for a handy guide covering all the MySQL administration-related tasks. If you are a DBA looking to get started with MySQL administration, this book will also help you. Knowledge of the basic database concepts is required to get started with this book.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to MySQL 8
2. Installing & 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 & High Availability
11. MySQL 8 – Security
12. Optimizing MySQL 8
13. Extending MySQL 8
14. MySQL 8 Best Practices & Benchmarking
15. Troubleshooting MySQL 8

About this title

About the Author

Chintan Mehta is a cofounder of KNOWARTH Technologies (www.knowarth.com) and heads cloud/RIMS/DevOps. He has rich, progressive experience in server administration of Linux, AWS cloud, DevOps, RIMS, and open source technologies. He is an AWS Certified Solutions Architect.He has authored MySQL 8 for Big Data and Hadoop Backup and Recovery Solutions, and has reviewed Liferay Portal Performance Best Practices and Building Serverless Web Applications.Ankit Bhavsar is a senior consultant leading a team working on ERP solutions at KNOWARTH Technologies. He received an MCA from North Gujarat university. He has had dynamic roles in the development and maintenance of ERP solutions and astrology portals Content Management that including OOP, technical architecture analysis, design, development as well as database design, development and enhancement process, data and object modeling, in order to provide technical and business solutions to clients.Hetal Oza an MCA from a reputable institute of India, is working as a lead consultant at KNOWARTH Technologies. She has rich experience in Java-based systems with various databases. Her 10 years of experience covers all stages of software development. She has worked on development of web-based software solutions on various platforms. She has good exposure to integration projects with web-service-based and thread-based architecture. Her knowledge is not bound to any single field because she has worked on wide range of technologies and tools.Subhash Shah works as a principal consultant at KNOWARTH Technologies. He holds a degree in information technology from a HNGU. He is experienced in developing webbased solutions using various software platforms. He is a strong advocate of open source software development and its use by businesses to reduce risks and costs. His interests include designing sustainable software solutions. His technical skills include requirement analysis, architecture design, project delivery, application setup, and execution processes. He is an admirer of quality code and test-driven development.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1788395190
• ISBN 13: 9781788395199
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 510