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1Copyright 2005 MySQL AB
The World’s Most Popular Open Source Database
Partitioning in MySQL 5.1and onwards
Dr. Mikael Ronström, Senior Software ArchitectMySQL ABmikael@mysql.com
2Copyright 2005 MySQL AB
The World’s Most Popular Open Source Database
Why Partitioning?
•For Large Tables:
•”Divide and Conquer”•Easier maintenance•Performance improvement for queries•Control data placement on disk devices•Control data placement on Cluster nodes•Preparatory step for Parallel Queries
3Copyright 2005 MySQL AB
The World’s Most Popular Open Source Database
Partitioned Tables
•Partitioned Tables are standard MySQL tables
–Can be part of all constructs where tables areused
–Complex select queries, Stored Procedures,Triggers, Views
•Easy to ALTER TABLE into partitioned table
–Syntax from CREATE TABLE can also be usedin ALTER TABLE
•Easy to drop partitioning on a table
–ALTER TABLE t1 REMOVE PARTITIONING;
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