by Karthickraja durairaj | Apr 7, 2026 | Automation, Databases
Introduction — When Healthy Pods Still Cause Slow Databases Modern database platforms are no longer limited to simple query processing. Systems built around MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB increasingly rely on background workers for replication, change data capture...
by Karthickraja durairaj | Mar 10, 2026 | Automation, Databases, General
Introduction Modern organizations are increasingly adopting container platforms to run their applications and backend services. One such platform is Red Hat OpenShift, which is built on top of the open-source container orchestration system Kubernetes. While the...
by Karthickraja durairaj | Feb 3, 2026 | Automation, General, MySQL
Introduction A DBA’s honest story about production, pressure, and finally having guardrails If you’ve worked as a DBA in production for a few years, you’ll eventually learn a quiet truth that nobody really prepares you for: When things go wrong in the database,...
by Karthickraja durairaj | Dec 30, 2025 | Automation, Databases, General
Introduction: Modern infrastructure is built on containers and Kubernetes, but databases still remain the hardest components to operate reliably. As Site Reliability Engineers (SREs), our responsibility is not just to deploy MySQL, but to ensure it remains available,...
by Karthickraja durairaj | Dec 2, 2025 | Automation, General, Jenkins
Introduction In modern DevOps-driven environments, CI/CD pipelines are no longer limited to application developers. Database engineers, SREs, and support teams—especially in service-based companies handling MySQL and MongoDB—are increasingly expected to follow DevOps...
by Karthickraja durairaj | Nov 4, 2025 | Automation, General, KnowledgeBase
Introduction In the world of database observability, timing is everything — literally. Recently, we ran into a puzzling issue while managing MySQL monitoring in Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM). Out of five database servers (server1 through server4), one server...
