You inherited a busy InnoDB OLTP Instance with 100 schemas and 100 active users per schema.
* Total dataset size is 200G with an average schema size of 2G.
* The data is transient and is not backed up and can be repopulated easily.
* Performance and responsiveness of the DB is paramount.
* The query pattern for the DB instance is split 90/10 read/write.
* DB host is dedicated server with 256G RAM and 64 cores.
One of your colleagues made some recent changes to the system and users are now complaining of performance impacts.
Which four configuration file edits might your colleague have performed to cause the negative DB performance?

You have successfully provisioned the latest MySQL 5.7 database instance on a physical host, to be added to an existing farm for use in a modern, high volume, ACID-compliant, OLTP website, which serves hundreds of DML transactions per second.
The default values of which two key variables do you change to ensure seamless operation of the database?
(Choose two.)

Which two statements are true regarding the creating of new MySQL physical and logical backups?

You are no longer able to log in to an existing MySQL Server because the root password credentials not working. You need to reset the root password to complete various administrative tasks. What are the two major methods that will achieve this? (Choose two.)

Which storage option for MySQL data directory typically offers the worst performance in a highly concurrent, OLTP-heavy, IO-bound workload?