MySQL Performance Tuning Tools: mysqltuner.pl, tuning-primer.sh, pt-variable-advisor, and pt-query-digest
This article introduces four open‑source MySQL performance‑tuning utilities—mysqltuner.pl, tuning-primer.sh, pt-variable-advisor, and pt-query-digest—explains how to download, install, run them, and interpret their reports to identify configuration issues and slow‑query problems.