Parameters for Comparison

Parameter comparison helps you check consistency between the source and destination database data to ensure your services will not be affected after being migrated.

This section lists the common parameters and performance parameters of different DB engine versions for your reference during parameter comparison.

MySQL 5.6

Table 1 MySQL 5.6 parameters to be compared

Parameter

Type

Restart Required

connect_timeout

Common parameter

No

event_scheduler

Common parameter

No

innodb_lock_wait_timeout

Common parameter

No

max_connections

Common parameter

No

net_read_timeout

Common parameter

No

net_write_timeout

Common parameter

No

explicit_defaults_for_timestamp

Common parameter

Yes

innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit

Common parameter

No

max_allowed_packet

Common parameter

No

tx_isolation

Common parameter

No

character_set_client

Common parameter

No

character_set_connection

Common parameter

No

collation_connection

Common parameter

No

character_set_results

Common parameter

No

collation_server

Common parameter

No

binlog_cache_size

Performance parameter

No

binlog_stmt_cache_size

Performance parameter

No

bulk_insert_buffer_size

Performance parameter

No

innodb_buffer_pool_size

Performance parameter

Yes

key_buffer_size

Performance parameter

No

long_query_time

Performance parameter

No

query_cache_type

Performance parameter

Yes

read_buffer_size

Performance parameter

No

read_rnd_buffer_size

Performance parameter

No

sort_buffer_size

Performance parameter

No

sync_binlog

Performance parameter

No

MySQL 5.7

Table 2 MySQL 5.7 parameters to be compared

Parameter

Type

Restart Required

connect_timeout

Common parameter

No

event_scheduler

Common parameter

No

innodb_lock_wait_timeout

Common parameter

No

max_connections

Common parameter

No

net_read_timeout

Common parameter

No

net_write_timeout

Common parameter

No

explicit_defaults_for_timestamp

Common parameter

No

innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit

Common parameter

No

max_allowed_packet

Common parameter

No

tx_isolation

Common parameter

No

character_set_client

Common parameter

No

character_set_connection

Common parameter

No

collation_connection

Common parameter

No

character_set_results

Common parameter

No

collation_server

Common parameter

No

binlog_cache_size

Performance parameter

No

binlog_stmt_cache_size

Performance parameter

No

bulk_insert_buffer_size

Performance parameter

No

innodb_buffer_pool_size

Performance parameter

No

key_buffer_size

Performance parameter

No

long_query_time

Performance parameter

No

query_cache_type

Performance parameter

No

read_buffer_size

Performance parameter

No

read_rnd_buffer_size

Performance parameter

No

sort_buffer_size

Performance parameter

No

sync_binlog

Performance parameter

No

Note

The value of innodb_buffer_pool_size is set to not exceed 70% of the total memory of the destination database. If you set a larger value for the parameter, the destination database startup may fail. Therefore, values of innodb_buffer_pool_size in the source and destination databases are different. You can adjust the value to suit your services.