1. Setting Up an Optimization Environment
2. Performance Monitoring Options
3. MySQL Overview and New Performance-Related Features
4. Designing for Speed
5. Using Constraints to Improve Performance
6. Understanding the MySQL Optimizer
7. Indexing Strategies
8. Advanced SQL Tips
9. Developing High-Speed Applications
10. General Server Performance Parameters and Tuning
11. MyISAM Performance Enhancement
12. InnoDB Performance Enhancement
13. Improving Disk Speed
14. Operating System, Web Server, and Connectivity Tuning
15. Improving Import and Export Operations
16. Optimal Replication
17. Optimal Clustering
18. Case Study: High-Hat Delivers!
19. Case Study: Friends Fly Free-for-All—A Promotion Gone Wrong
20. Case Study 3: Practice Makes Perfect
