MariaDB Performance & Tuning Course Overview This MariaDB Performance & Tuning course is designed for Database Administrators,Application Developers and Technical Consultants who need to monitor and tune the performance of MariaDB servers and databases. The course provides practical experience in monitoring and tuning MariaDB servers and databases. Exercises and examples are used throughout the course to give practical hands-on experience with the techniques covered. Versions supported 10.4,10.3,10.2 and 10.1.
TARGET AUDIENCE:
Who will the Course Benefit? Anyone who wishes to monitor and tune MariaDB performance.
COURSE PREREQUISITES:
Requirements Delegates must have a working knowledge of MariaDB Database Administration or MySQL Database Administration. This course is run on a Linux operating system,a basic knowledge of Linux/UNIX is recommended but is not essential.
COURSE CONTENT:
MariaDB Performance & Tuning Training Course Course Contents – DAY 1 Course Introduction • Administration and Course Materials • Course Structure and Agenda • Delegate and Trainer Introductions Session 1: INTRODUCTION TO PERFORMANCE TUNING • Tuning Overview • Tuning Levels • Resolving Performance Issues • Recommended Approach to Tuning • Items to Evaluate • Where to look • Planning a Monitoring Routine • Building a New Database for Performance • Tuning an Existing Database • Setting Suitable Goals Session 2: MARIADB PERFORMANCE TUNING TOOLS • Administration Tools • The Information Schema • Performance-related SHOW Commands • Benchmarking Tools • The MariaDB Performance Schema • MonYog • Exercises: Obtaining Performance Information Session 3: SCHEMA DESIGN • Normalisation • De-normalisation • Naming Conventions • Load Generation,Stress Testing and Benchmarking Tools • Selecting Data Types • Data Types • Character Sets • Choosing Storage Engines • Exercises: Effects of Design on Performance Session 4: STATEMENT TUNING • Overview of Statement Tuning • Identifying Problem Queries • The Optimizer • Explain • Explain Extended • Exercises: Identifying Problem Queries and Using Explain Session 5: INDEXES • Index Overview • Index Size • Types of Index • Index Tuning • Indexes and Joins • Exercises: Indexes and Performance MariaDB Performance & Tuning Training Course Course Contents – DAY 2 Session 6: SERVER CONFIGURATION AND MONITORING • Server Configuration Variables • Server Status Variables • Table Cache • Multi-Threading • Connection Issues • Query Cache • Exercises: Setting and Interpreting Server Variables and Caching Session 7: LOCKING • Types of Locking • Locking and Storage Engines • Effects of Locking on Performance • Exercises: Locking and Performance Session 8: THE INNODB ENGINE • Transactions • Crash Recovery • Locking • Monitoring InnoDB • Caches and Buffers • Configuring Data Files • Configuring the Log Files • Exercises: InnoDB Configuration and Performance MariaDB Performance & Tuning Training Course Course Contents – DAY 3 Session 9: OTHER STORAGE ENGINES • MyISAM Engine • Merge Engine • Archive Engine • Memory Engine • Blackhole Engine • CSV Engine • The Spider Engine • The ColumnStore Engine • The MyRocks Engine • Mixing Storage Engines • Exercises: Storage Engine Performance Session 10: OVERVIEW OF CLUSTERING AND PERFORMANCE • Advantages Performance Advantages of Clustering • Performance Issues and Clustering • The NDBCluster Engine • The Galera Cluster • The Percona XtraDB Cluster • MySQL InnoDB Cluster • The Federated Engine • The FederatedX Engine • Overview of Other High Availability Techniques • NOSQL and Mencached Overview Session 11: DUMPING AND LOADING DATA • SQL statements versus delimited data • Parameters affecting dump performance • Parameters affecting load performance • Exercises: Dump and load performance Session 12: PARTITIONED TABLES • Partitioned tables concepts • Range partitioning • Hash partitioning • Key partitioning • List partitioning • Composite partitioning or subpartitioning • Partition Pruning • Exercises: Partitioned Table Performance
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
Course Objectives To provide the skills necessary to monitor and tune MariaDB database performance.
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