MySQL & PostgreSQL Monitoring: Critical Metrics & Alert Thresholds Explained
This comprehensive guide covers MySQL and PostgreSQL monitoring essentials, including key metrics (connections, throughput, InnoDB, replication), version-specific differences, alert thresholds, exporter deployment (mysqld_exporter, postgres_exporter), Grafana dashboards, Prometheus alerting rules, troubleshooting playbooks for common issues like connection exhaustion, replication lag, deadlocks, and disk growth, plus automation scripts for long-transaction killing and slow-query analysis.
