High Performance MySQL Reviews
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Well worth having in your library
As a MySQL expert with 9 years in MySQL performance and scalability, this book is definitely even in my library with my company 42SQL -- www.42sql.com
The 2nd edition is a complete rework with multiple new authors, with entire new content and significantly more volume then the 1st edition.
Containing a cross section from sound basic design tips such as choosing the optimal data types, and indexing strategies to the in-depth details of OS specifics such as the Raid chunk size for disk subsystems and LVM snapshot management this book has plenty of detail.
Being an independent publication not from the supplier, you are sure to also know where the strengths and weaknesses exist with the product. Comments like "MySQL replication has a number of shortcomings that MySQL AB plans to address in the future" pg. 407 highlights that MySQL is not perfect, and it's important to know any present limitations and how to address them.
I've yet to find the time to sit down and read this book from cover to cover, however for somebody relatively new to MySQL, this is a great book to read after you know the basic syntax of MySQL. A lot may not make sense the first time, but re-read it again in 6-12 months after you continue to use and understand MySQL.
The book is already exceeding expectations with news of a second printing with small corrections and translations already commencing in several languages.This review comes from another site
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Excellent book for advanced users
The title of this book is very appropriate. Great coverage on performance, reliability, backup & recovery. Definitely not an introductory book.
There were a couple of places where the writing was hard to follow, but I'm sure that'll be fixed in the next printing.
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Very nice book
Very nice book but unfortunately this book is not for beginners so if you're new in databases try to read some tutorials or books for beginners and then come back for this book.
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One of the most usefull books about MySQL
This book has to have any MySQL DBA (both administrators and architects). It provides very deep view on how MySQL works and reacts on your configuration and SQL.
If you are programmer, you should browse this book too, to get background about MySQL and what it can do for you and what you can do for MySQL to get best performance SQL.
This probably should not be your first book about MySQL (not only knowledge but some experience is handy) but definitely second one ;)This review comes from another site
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Excellent
This is a must have book for any Mysql DBA who want to learn more about performance tuning beyond reading the explain plan. The only gripe I have is that aside from the Query Performance Optimization and Optimizing Server Settings section, the authors should have another section dealing specifically with Tuning Writes and Tuning Reads other than that it's an excellent book, it even includes snippets on Prepared statements which I used often along with stored procedures to optimize performance.This review comes from another site
