The MySQL monitoring tool built for DBAs — not multi-database budgets. SolarWinds treats MySQL as one entry on a menu of eight databases. MONyog exists for one reason: keeping MySQL…
A world-class observability platform. But do you need a whole platform just to monitor MySQL? Datadog is one of the best full-stack observability products on the market. It’s also metered…
Few MySQL errors are as disruptive as this one: ERROR 1040 (HY000): Too many connections Your database is running. Your server has RAM to spare. Yet MySQL is refusing new…
Database misconfigurations are among the most common causes of data breaches — and most of them are preventable. The majority of MySQL security improvements are straightforward, do not require specialized…
MySQL replication is one of the most relied-upon features in production MySQL environments. It powers read scaling, disaster recovery, analytics offloading, and geographic redundancy. It is also one of the…
If there is one change that can turn a 10-second MySQL query into a millisecond one, it is adding the right index. And if there is one change that can…
MySQL and MariaDB share a common origin — MariaDB was forked from MySQL in 2009 by its original creator following Oracle’s acquisition. For several years, they stayed close enough that…
Most teams believe they have a solid backup strategy. In practice, many have a backup process they set up once, have not tested recently, and would discover is broken only…
Every MySQL performance problem leaves a record. The slow query log is where that record lives — a straightforward, built-in tool that captures every query taking longer than a threshold…
Slow MySQL queries are one of the most common database problems — and one of the most solvable. Most performance issues don’t require new hardware or a rewrite. They require…
