Import 50GB MySQL SQL Files in 2.5 Hours: Split, Tune, Parallelize & Resume

This guide details a four-step method to import massive MySQL .sql files efficiently: split large files, clean unnecessary statements, temporarily tune MySQL parameters for speed, and run parallel imports with automatic resume and retry, demonstrated by importing a 50GB file with 100M rows in 2.5 hours.

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