MySQL 5.6 allows you to execute replicated events in parallel as long as data is split across several databases. This feature is named Multi-Threaded Slave (MTS) and it is easy to enable by setting slave_parallel_workers to a > 1 value. However if you decide to use MTS without GTIDs, you may run into annoying issues. [&]

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