DBA

10 resources — audiences DBA

High Performance MySQL, 3rd Edition

High Performance MySQL, 3rd Edition

The classic guide to MySQL performance — covering query optimisation, schema design, indexing, replication, and high availability at scale.

High Performance MySQL, 4th Edition

High Performance MySQL, 4th Edition

The definitive guide to MySQL performance — covering query optimisation, indexing, replication, and scaling strategies.

MySQL 8 Query Performance Tuning

MySQL 8 Query Performance Tuning

A systematic, step-by-step method for finding and fixing slow MySQL queries — from EXPLAIN and EXPLAIN ANALYZE through the Performance Schema and sys schema.

MySQL Concurrency

MySQL Concurrency

A guide to locking and transactions in MySQL — row and gap locks, metadata locks, isolation levels, and how to diagnose lock contention and deadlocks with the Performance and Information Schemas.

MySQL Cookbook, 4th Edition

MySQL Cookbook, 4th Edition

Practical recipes for solving common MySQL problems — from data manipulation to stored procedures and replication.

MySQL History Graph

MySQL History Graph

A visual graph of MySQL's version history and its major forks — Percona Server, MariaDB, Drizzle, InfiniDB, TiDB, and more — generated with GraphViz.

MySQL Reference Manual

MySQL Reference Manual

Oracle's official, continuously updated documentation for MySQL Server — installation, SQL syntax, the InnoDB storage engine, replication, security, and every configuration option, covering all currently maintained MySQL versions.

Oracle Corporation
Percona Database Performance Blog

Percona Database Performance Blog

Percona's company blog — practical, technical articles on MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB performance, tuning, troubleshooting, and operations, written mainly by Percona's own engineers.

Percona
Pro MySQL

Pro MySQL

An advanced, developer-focused tour of MySQL covering transaction processing, indexing theory, query optimization, stored procedures, replication, and MySQL's internal source architecture.

TiDB Documentation

TiDB Documentation

PingCAP's official documentation for TiDB — installation and cluster administration, the SQL reference, the MySQL-protocol compatibility notes, data migration from MySQL, and performance tuning, maintained across dev and stable release lines.

PingCAP