by Nagarajan Ponnusamy | Oct 13, 2026 | AWS RDS, MySQL
Imagine a production Amazon RDS for MySQL instance that has been running normally for months. Suddenly, application writes start failing. Background jobs stop processing, and the application team reports database connectivity issues. You check CloudWatch. CPU...
by Nagarajan Ponnusamy | Sep 8, 2026 | AWS RDS, Databases, General, MySQL
For many years, database administrators have been responsible for almost everything around databases — from installing and configuring the operating system to managing storage, backups, replication, patching, monitoring, and performance. Amazon RDS for Databases...
by Mariappan Ponnusamy | Jul 21, 2026 | AWS RDS, MySQL
Introduction If your Amazon RDS MySQL instances are still running MySQL 8.0, now is the time to start planning your upgrade strategy.With Amazon RDS MySQL 8.0 reaching End of Standard Support, organizations need to decide whether to move to MySQL 8.4 LTS or continue...
by Nagarajan Ponnusamy | Jun 30, 2026 | Innodb, MySQL
Table of Contents Part 1 – Setting the Foundation Introduction Understanding the InnoDB Architecture Meet Our Transaction Part 2 – The Write Path The Buffer Pool – Where Every Transaction Begins Redo Log – Protecting Transactions Before the Data Reaches Disk Undo Log...
by revathisreem | Mar 31, 2026 | Databases, General, KnowledgeBase, MySQL
Modern production systems require databases to remain available 24/7. Even short service interruptions can lead to revenue loss, degraded user experience, and loss of customer trust. At the same time, applications continuously evolve. Schema changes such as adding...
by Nagarajan Ponnusamy | Feb 10, 2026 | Databases, KnowledgeBase, MySQL
Many teams face this frustrating cycle: MySQL is slow → DBA tunes it → performance improves →A few weeks later → MySQL is slow again. If you are a DBA or developer, this situation probably feels very familiar. The biggest misunderstanding is this:MySQL performance...
