Database Insights

Size and configure the InnoDB buffer pool correctly to maximize cache hit ratios and minimize disk I/O

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

A comprehensive guide to optimizing AWS RDS MySQL performance through infrastructure tuning, parameter configuration, and query optimization

MySQL 8.0 significantly improved geospatial support with SRID-aware columns, spatial reference systems, and accurate geographic distance calculations. Here's how to use it in production.

Set up MySQL Galera Cluster for synchronous multi-master replication — configuration, split-brain avoidance, and monitoring

Evaluate PlanetScale for MySQL workloads — Vitess-based branching, non-blocking schema changes, and pricing

MySQL 8.0 exposes error logs through performance_schema.error_log — enabling SQL-based filtering by severity, component, and timestamp without grep-ing log files.

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

Deploy enterprise-grade MySQL high availability with InnoDB Cluster. Learn Group Replication integration, MySQL Router configuration, and automatic failover setup.

MySQL InnoDB tablespace encryption (TDE) encrypts data pages on disk without changing application code — using a two-tier keyring architecture that separates the master key from table keys.

Everything you need to know about MySQL: storage engines, replication topologies, performance tuning, and cloud deployment. From basics to advanced optimization.

ProxySQL's read/write splitting routes SELECT queries to replicas and writes to the primary automatically — but getting the configuration right requires understanding hostgroups, query rules, and lag-aware routing.