MySQL articles

MySQL is a traditional open source relational database that goes well with many well-established applications. Find out more about its features and use cases.

Aiven offers both PostgreSQL and MySQL as managed services. While similar, they meet different needs. Find out here how to choose between them.

We don’t like to think about disasters, but sometimes they just happen. Find out how you should prepare your data for the worst, even while hoping for the best.

Black Friday is THE peak load time of the year, the great holiday of the retail world. Find out what to do if your services start to overload.

Getting the details just right to fully automate MySQL backups isn't simple. Find out how we accomplished it with our Open Source tool, MyHoard.

Aiven Blog: Read about the 2019 launch of Aiven for MySQL, a popular database engine for better handling of back-ups in cloud environments.