Backing Up MySQL Part 2: Percona XtraBackup
There’s no doubt about it – if you’ve ever heard of Percona, you’ve heard of XtraBackup as well. XtraBackup is one of the primary Percona’s offerings in the backup space: the tool is famous amongst...
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Backing up MySQL Part 3: mysqlpump
In the MySQL world, there are a couple of ways to take backups of your data. Backups in MySQL can be categorized into two distinct categories: logical or physical. MySQL also comes with a lot of tools...
View ArticleBacking up MySQL Part 4: mydumper
There are many tools we can use to back up our MySQL databases. Some are well-known and used by the best technology companies out there (mysqldump comes to mind), and some are a little less famous, but...
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Backing Up MySQL Part 5: Backing Up Big Data
According to research made by Statista in 2022, the amount of data that is being worked with globally is expected to reach more than 180 zettabytes. Part of that is because more and more data is being...
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Backing Up MySQL Part 6: Physical vs. Logical Backups
Everyone who has ever backed up data using any kind of RDBMS knows a thing or two about backups. Backups are a central part of data integrity – especially nowadays, when data breaches are happening...
View ArticleBacking Up MySQL Part 7: MySQL Enterprise Backup
MySQL Enterprise Backup is a known tool for everyone inside of the world of MySQL, no matter if people dealing with the tool are enterprise (business) minded or not. The tool can be considered the...
View ArticleBacking up MySQL Part 8: Zmanda Backups for MySQL & Other Backup Tools
“A Backup as Revolutionary as You Are.” Ever heard that phrase before? If you did, you’re no stranger to Zmanda Recovery Manager – or ZRM for short. Zmanda Recovery Manager is a terabyte-scale backup...
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Optimizing Queries in MySQL: Optimizing Reads
In this blog, we’re going to walk you through how to solve the issues posed by that concern. At the end of the article, we’ll also walk you through some DDL operations to load test data. SELECT Queries...
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Optimizing MySQL: Adding Data to Tables
Welcome back to the MySQL optimization series! In case you haven’t been following this series, in the past couple of articles we have discussed the basics of query optimization, and told you how to...
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Optimizing Queries in MySQL: Optimizing Updates
In the previous parts of these MySQL optimization series, we’ve told you how queries work on a high level, then dived deeper into the power of SELECT and INSERT statements. In this blog, I will cover...
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Optimizing MySQL: Deleting Data
In the previous parts of these MySQL optimization series, we told you how query optimization works on a high level, then walked you through how you should optimize queries that insert, read, or update...
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MySQL Index Overviews: B-Tree Indexes
In this first entry in a multipart series on indexes, I will cover the most important index type in MySQL, B-Tree Indexes. Applying indexes of any type in MySQL is nuanced task – they are used to speed...
View ArticleThoughts Before Speaking at the Software Architecture Conference
Tomorrow, August 15, I have yet another conference where I’ll speak about MySQL’s performance. To be more exact – MySQL performance on bigger data sets. You can watch me speak via this link through...
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MySQL Index Overviews: Composite B-Tree Indexes
Indexes in MySQL are one of the primary ways to enhance query performance and they are especially useful when the primary use case of our project refers to reading data stored in a database. We‘ve...
View ArticleDevising the Perfect Index for Your Use Case – MySQL Edition
Introduction If you’ve been following SimpleTalk for a while, you will be aware that I’ve recently blogged about MySQL indexes. I’ve already told you about the nuances of indexes in MySQL, vanilla...
View ArticleThoughts Before Covering MariaDB Indexes in the MariaDB Server Fest 2024
Preface Next week, Tuesday, 17th of September, I’m speaking at the MariaDB Server Fest. My speech involves and heavily focuses on indexes within MariaDB. One of my primary goals with this speech is...
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MySQL Index Overviews: FULLTEXT B-Tree Indexes
If you’ve been following Simple Talk for a while, you know that we’re fans of databases and everything they involve. We’re also big fans of database performance, too. And if you’re a developer or a...
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MySQL Index Deep Dive: Clustered B-Tree Indexes
If you’re a frequent reader of the Simple-Talk blog, you’re no stranger to indexes as we’ve covered indexes in database management systems previously – in that blog, we’ve told you that indexes come...
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I Wrote a Book on How You Broke Your Database – Here’s Why You Should Read It
Preface If you are a frequent reader of Simple-Talk, it’s possible that you’ve come across blogs about optimizing all kinds of queries, tutorials on how to back up your database, tutorials on index...
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MySQL Index Overviews: Descending B-Tree Indexes
Most anyone who works with indexes should be familiar with B-tree indexes. These are the most commonly used data structures to facilitate faster access to data when we search for exact matches of data...
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