“Don’t bother me with DBA ‘best practices,’ we have real work to get done.” So go the famous last words from overworked IT managers. This webinar provides a short list of common MySQL missteps by DBAs and how you can avoid them. Percona Director of Training Bill Karwin shares lessons learned from his 20+ years of experience as a developer, consultant, and trainer specializing in SQL databases. This talk includes common blunders by MySQL DBAs in categories that include system configuration, MySQL configuration, database operations, scaling, and security.