mysql indexing makes group by slow - mysql

Question

Please refer the table strcuture below.
CREATE TABLE `oarc` (
`ID` bigint(20) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`zID` int(11) NOT NULL,
`cID` int(11) NOT NULL,
`bID` int(11) NOT NULL,
`rtype` char(1) COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci NOT NULL,
`created` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
PRIMARY KEY (`ID`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COLLATE=utf8_unicode_ci AUTO_INCREMENT=1821039 ;
Other than the PRIMARY KEY, I have not set any index on this, and when I run the following query
select COUNT(oarc.ID) as total
from `oarc` where`oarc`.`rtype` = 'v'
group
by `oarc`.`zID`
I am getting the result in less than 1 second. But if I add index to zID it is taking more than 5 seconds.
Please see below explain result :
id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | row | Extra
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 | SIMPLE | oarc | index | NULL | zone_ID | 4 | NULL | 1909387 | Using where
Currently the table have more than 1821039 records in it and it will increase on a hourly basis. What are the things I need to do in order to reduce the query execution time. I am expecting only something at the table and query level, nothing on my.cnf or server side because I can not do anything there.
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Is this better?
CREATE TABLE `oarc` (
`ID` bigint(20) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`zID` int(11) NOT NULL,
`cID` int(11) NOT NULL,
`bID` int(11) NOT NULL,
`rtype` char(1) COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci NOT NULL,
`created` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
PRIMARY KEY (`ID`),
KEY(rtype,zid)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COLLATE=utf8_unicode_ci AUTO_INCREMENT=1821039 ;
explain
select COUNT(oarc.ID) as total
from `oarc` where`oarc`.`rtype` = 'v'
group
by `oarc`.`zID`
+----+-------------+-------+------+---------------+-------+---------+-------+------+--------------------------+
| id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra |
+----+-------------+-------+------+---------------+-------+---------+-------+------+--------------------------+
| 1 | SIMPLE | oarc | ref | rtype | rtype | 3 | const | 1 | Using where; Using index |
+----+-------------+-------+------+---------------+-------+---------+-------+------+--------------------------+