mysqld service is being restarted as part of microupdate - long service downtime

mysqld service is being restarted as part of microupdate - long service downtime​

Plesk Onyx Version 17.5.3 Update #38‪, CentOS Linux 7.4.1708 (Core)‬​

When running the micro update mysqld service gets restarted, leading to more than 5 minutes of downtime on servers running large databases. Unless there is a valid technical reason for restarting...​