Schema design, indexes, queries, configs, I/O... what could go wrong? Follow these 10 essential tips to keep your MySQL servers humming.

Q&A Performance Tuning SQL Server Using Wait Statistics Thomas LaRock: "Without a basic understanding of wait events and how the occur, you will waste a lot of time trying and guessing at how to ...

Know your SQL Server database KPIs A DBA is frequently challenged on how to improve, optimize, and maintain the performance of SQL server databases. SQL performance tuning is one of many ways to ...

The first SQL book is SQL Performance Tuning by Peter Gulutzan and Trudy Pelzer. This fine tome provides a treasure trove of tips for improving SQL performance on all of the major database systems.

Luckily, many MySQL performance issues turn out to have similar solutions, making troubleshooting and tuning MySQL a manageable task. Here are 10 tips for getting great performance out of MySQL.