Database Insights

RTO and RPO drive backup decisions. This guide covers mysqldump, XtraBackup, pgBackRest, WAL archiving, S3 object lock, and the 3-2-1-1-0 backup rule.

Optimize AWS RDS PostgreSQL costs without sacrificing performance. Learn instance sizing, storage class selection, backup strategies, and Multi-AZ optimization.

Monitor MySQL and PostgreSQL with Prometheus, Grafana, and PMM. Covers mysqld_exporter, postgres_exporter, alert rules, and production dashboard configuration.

Secure your MySQL and PostgreSQL databases — TLS, at-rest encryption, role-based access, and audit logging

Running a single PMM server is a single point of failure for your database monitoring. Here's how to set up PMM in an HA configuration with failover and shared storage.

mysqlpump adds parallel backup support to MySQL's logical dump toolset — enabling multi-threaded exports that can be 3-5x faster than mysqldump for large databases.

Cut DynamoDB costs by 50% or more with capacity mode optimization, TTL strategies, and smart data modeling. Learn on-demand vs provisioned capacity decision frameworks.

Deploy PMM to get deep MySQL and PostgreSQL visibility — query analytics, dashboards, and alerting in one tool

Most MySQL maintenance tasks still rely on cron, but systemd timers offer better logging, dependency management, and failure handling. Here's how to convert your MySQL maintenance scripts to systemd services.

Use Percona XtraBackup to take hot physical backups of MySQL InnoDB — setup, verification, and restore steps

MySQL's ecosystem includes three main logical backup tools — mysqldump, mysqlpump, and mydumper. Each has distinct performance characteristics, parallelism support, and compatibility trade-offs.

MySQL generates multiple log files that will fill your disk if left unmanaged. Here's how to configure logrotate correctly for MySQL error logs, slow query logs, and binary logs.