Database Insights

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

PgBouncer multiplexes thousands of application connections onto a small pool of real PostgreSQL server connections — reducing connection overhead without any application code changes.

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.

Production-ready MySQL Group Replication deployment guide. Learn cluster sizing, monitoring setup, performance tuning, and disaster recovery planning.

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.

A deep dive into InnoDB locking — record locks, gap locks, next-key locks, how READ COMMITTED eliminates gap locks, diagnosing deadlocks with SHOW ENGINE INNODB STATUS and performance_schema, and prevention patterns.

MySQL InnoDB supports multiple compression strategies — from ROW_FORMAT=COMPRESSED to transparent page compression using punch holes. Choosing the right approach can cut storage by 40-70% for text-heavy workloads.

Deploy PgBouncer in transaction mode for high-concurrency PostgreSQL workloads — config, monitoring, and tuning

Essential MySQL diagnostic queries every DBA needs. Quickly identify slow queries, lock contention, replication lag, memory issues, and connection problems.

A practical guide to Redis use cases in production — cache-aside pattern, sliding window rate limiting, Pub/Sub vs Streams, BRPOP queues with delayed job scheduling, and session storage with persistence configuration.

Understand Kafka from a database perspective — partitions, offsets, consumer groups, and durability guarantees

A comprehensive guide to database connection pooling — comparing PgBouncer, ProxySQL, and HikariCP with configuration examples, pool mode trade-offs, and production sizing recommendations.