MySQL 8.0 Reference Manual

Preface and Legal Notices

General Information

Installing and Upgrading MySQL

Connecting to and Disconnecting from the Server

Using mysql in Batch Mode

Creating and Using a Database

Calculating Visits Per Day

Using MySQL with Apache

MySQL Programs

Optimization Overview

Controlling the Query Optimizer

Buffering and Caching

Data Types

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8.10 Buffering and Caching

MySQL uses several strategies that cache information in memory buffers to increase performance.