MySQL Performance: Identifying Long Queries

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Every MySQL backed application can benefit from a finely tuned database server. The Liquid Web Heroic Support team has encountered numerous situations over the years where some minor adjustments have made a world of difference in website and application performance. In this series of articles, we have outlined some of the more common recommendations that have had the largest impact on performance. Continue reading “MySQL Performance: Identifying Long Queries” →

MySQL Performance: MyISAM vs InnoDB

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A major factor in database performance is the storage engine used by the database, and more specifically, its tables. Different storage engines provide better performance in one situation over another. For general use, there are two contenders to be considered. These are MyISAM, which is the default MySQL storage engine, or InnoDB, which is an alternative engine built-in to MySQL intended for high-performance databases. Before we can understand the difference between the two storage engines, we need to understand the term “locking.” Continue reading “MySQL Performance: MyISAM vs InnoDB” →

MySQL Performance: Converting MySQL to MariaDB

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As we explored in our previous article of our MySQL Perfomance Series: MySQL vs. MariaDB there are very few downsides to using MariaDB over standard MySQL. Our high-availbility MariaDBs have proven itself to be a worthy successor with easily migitated drawbacks.  As the last article in our series we will focus on upgrading to various MySQL and MariaDB version on the following servers:

CentOS 6/7

Ubuntu 14.04/16.04

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MySQL Performance: System Configuration File & Routine Maintenance

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The majority of work needed when adjusting the MySQL server is editing the applicable directives within a MySQL configuration file. There are multiple, optional configuration files that MySQL looks for when starting up. They are read in the following order: Continue reading “MySQL Performance: System Configuration File & Routine Maintenance” →

MySQL Performance: InnoDB Buffers & Directives

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As discussed earlier in our MySQL Performance series, the InnoDB storage engine is designed to be a high-performance database for very large datasets. The row-locking technique it uses allows for many read and write requests to occur on a single table concurrently. This is a vast improvement in speed over traditional Continue reading “MySQL Performance: InnoDB Buffers & Directives” →