High performance mysQl /
Baron Schwartz ... [et al.].
- 2nd ed.
- Beijing ; Cambridge [Mass.] : O'Reilly, 2008.
- xxii, 684 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
First ed. (2004) by Jeremy D. Zawodny and Derek J. Balling. "Covers version 5.1"--Cover. Includes index.
A guide for MySQL administrators covers such topics as benchmarking, indexes, the stages of processing a query, hardware configuations, copying data to multiple servers, and preventing hardware failure.