Percona 的人討論了 InnoDB 提供的 buffer pool preload 功能：「Using the InnoDB Buffer Pool Pre-Load Feature in MySQL 5.7」。
就如同他所講的，因為硬體設備的進步 (主要是 SSD 的興起)，而導致 preload 的需求已經沒以前重要了：
Frankly, time has reduced the need for this feature. Five years ago, we would typically store databases on spinning disks. These disks often took quite a long time to warm up with normal database workloads, which could lead to many hours of poor performance after a restart. With the rise of SSDs, warm up happens faster and reduces the penalty from not having data in the buffer pool.
由於 SSD 的 random read 很快，反而可以直接推上線讓他邊跑服務邊 warm up。不過相對的，傳統硬碟的 InnoDB database 還是可以規劃需求，畢竟 random read 還是痛點...