MySQL 5.6, the heart of most Drupal sites, has many new features that can greatly enhance the speed of your Drupal site. Come to this session to learn how to exploit the new features and enhancements such as sub-partitions, new authentication methods, Global Transaction IDs, new optimizer features (including sub queries), new scaling tools, utilities to manage replication failover, and other new goodies. This session will show you how to boost the performance of your site, make things easier to manage your database instances, and make life easier for you.