Managing a MySQL database server can become a full time job. In
many occasions, one MySQL DBA needs to manage multiple, even tens
of, MySQL servers, and tools that bundle a set of related tasks
into a common utility can be a big time saver, allowing you spend
more time improving performance and less time executing repeating
tasks. While there are several such utility libraries to choose,
it is often the case that you need to customize them to your
needs. The MySQL Utilities library is the answer to that need. It
is open source so you can modify and expand it as you see
fit.
In the latest episode of the "Meet the MySQL Experts" podcast series, Chuck Bell, Sr. MySQL Software Developer at Oracle, introduces a variety of recently released MySQL Utilities, and how DBAs can save significant time using the …
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