Does using ASCII/Latin Charset speed up the database?
问题 It would seem that using the ASCII charset for most fields and then specify utf8 only for the fields that need it would reduce the amount of I/O the database must perform by 100%. Anyone know if this is true? Update: The above was not really my question. I should have said: use Latin for the default character set and then only specify utf8mb4 only for the fields that need it. The thinking being that: using 1 byte vs 2 bytes should improve I/O by 100%. Sorry for the confusion. 回答1: @RickJames