Many thanks

Dave

Ben

However if sufficient planning is not performed up front, a DBA is going to have problems as their databases grows, issues come up and more users start accessing the system. A top 10 list of things to do before installing a MySQL database include:
1) Understand the purpose and potential growth of your database.
2) Determine the appropriate physical layout of your database. The defaults are not always the best long term layout.
3) Select the appropiate storage engines and how they impact performance and your backup/recovery strategies.
4) Layout your backup and recovery strategy. Pick the appropriate backup/recovery tools for your environment. Then test your backup and recovery strategies sufficiently.
5) Understand the number of databases that will be created and the maintenance ramifications of the database layout.
6) What are the business costs and ramifications of this environment being down? Perform appropriate risk analysis.
7) Understand how security is being managed and maintained for your users and your databases.
Set the appropiate SQL_MODE and make sure you understand the ramifications of the SQL_MODE selection.
9) Understand your physical storage layout. On your using separate disks, storage arrays, etc.
10) Define a set of best practices that determine your physical layouts, naming conventions, management tools, infrastructure management and document everything.

The five P’s apply to database configurations. Proper Planning Prevents Pitiful Performance.

George Trujillo