Deep Dive into MySQL HeatWave Architecture | How HeatWave Works Internally
Nov 22, 2025
Mariusz Antonik
MySQL Heatwave
2 min read
MySQL HeatWave is more than an analytics accelerator. It is a fully integrated, in-memory, massively-parallel query engine built directly inside MySQL Database Service. To use HeatWave efficiently, you must understand how the engine is structured, how nodes interact, and what happens under the hood when a query is executed. This article breaks down the internal components of HeatWave and how they work together.
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