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The hidden cost of too many indexes in MySQL

The hidden cost of too many indexes in MySQL


Indexes are great, right? They make your queries faster, improve lookups, and are essential to performance tuning.

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Important pre-checks before running pt-online-schema-change to Add/Drop an index in MySQL

Important pre-checks before running pt-online-schema-change to Add/Drop an index in MySQL


When you're working with large MySQL tables in production, making schema changes like adding or dropping indexes can be ...

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Planning for MySQL 5.7 End of Life with AWS Aurora

Planning for MySQL 5.7 End of Life with AWS Aurora


If you are one of the many MySQL 5.7 RDS Aurora customers, you will have received notification that MySQL 5.7 will ...

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