Essential Performance Tips for MySQL
As a professional a lot of your work must be dependent on MySQL. We bring to you ten tips that will enhance the performance of your MySQL and will make it more reliable.
Profile your workload: – It is very important for you to keep an eye on how your server is spending time and you can do this by profiling your workload. Workload profiling is also known to reduce the cost of services and it brings to you the best of speed and performance. Next time you start facing problems related to speed and performance, try profiling.
Understand the Fundamental Requirements: – Many software packages and databases tend to work slowly on different computers. It is important to keep an eye on the system specifications. You should always check the system requirements of software and databases before buying them. Some of the fundamentals you will need to enhance can be listed as: –
- Central Processing unit.
- RAM
- Disk Space
- Network
Stop using MySQL as Queue: – Understand the immaculate use of the software packages, read the manuals if required but do not use the software for things it is not meant for. Most of the people make use of MySQL as Queue which is a simple waste of resources.
Filter work on the basis of expense: – Experts will always suggest to you solve the easier queries before solving bigger queries. Smaller queries are going to cost less and can be done easily.
Know the scalable limits: – Concept of virtual memory is very much famous in MySQL people keep adding loads of data to the database thinking of virtual memory concept. You need to keep a tab on it.
Don’t know worry about configuration: – It is important to keep software compatible with systems but worrying too much about the system configuration is a simple waste of time because MySQL receives update almost every week and these updates are according to the synchronization with your system.
Save Statistics Eagerly: – With MySQL it will get important for you to keep an eye on the statics; you will need to keep an eye on monitoring systems for ensuring efficient performance.
Ask your Expert friends for Suggestions: – There are going to be some problems which can only be solved at the local level. No expert or no company can provide you with the required update, you may need to sit on your own and do the brainstorming task to come out with a solution for it. You will have to ask your expert friends for the help and support to find a solution to the problem.
It is not important that the software is going to have a problem; your system can be at fault. The network or the database can also be the one generating errors.
Experts from different corners of the world find these tips to be beneficial, you can also try them to solve issues related to your system and do let us know about more in comment section.