MySQL Advisor for Developers

Developers managing MySQL or MariaDB servers may encounter slow queries, deadlocks, and configuration details that aren’t always straightforward. Limited observability can make it difficult to pinpoint why something is slowing down, requiring time spent digging through logs, checking metrics, and piecing information together from multiple places. Why work so hard?

Releem helps streamline this work. It analyzes real workload data, highlights misconfigurations, surfaces slow or repetitive queries, identifies schema issues, and detects deadlocks in real time. When something needs to be tuned, it gives you safe, workload-aware recommendations you can apply immediately.

Most developers monitor their database by moving between logs, console sessions, and cloud dashboards. Each source explains a small part of what is happening, but none of them brings it together in a way that shows how the database behaves over time.

Releem’s dashboard changes this by presenting the current health of each instance in an organized and readable way. It shows things like:

• Server Info – Basic instance details
• Health Status – Quick view of Health Check results
• Security Status – Quick view of Security Check results
• System Metrics – CPU, Memory, and IOPS
• Database Metrics – Latency, Queries per Second (QPS), Slow Queries, and Aborted Clients
• Queries & Schema – View and sort queries by load, execution time, and count
• Processes & Locks – Shows deadlocks and database process list.

With Releem, you don’t need several tools to collect and display the information that matters. This massively simplifies database management, reduces friction while providing  key telemetry to act with confidence.

Usually you SSH into the server and dig through the slow query log to find problematic queries. That only works for queries that exceed the logging threshold. It misses queries that run quickly yet constantly. Those fast, repetitive queries can use more CPU and disk than the obvious ones, although they won’t show up in the slow query log.

Releem’s Query Analytics feature gives you access to the entire workload. It ranks your top 100 queries by execution time and load time so you can see exactly what's driving load.

Tracking a bad query to its root cause takes time. You need to figure out whether it needs a better index, different filter, or a schema tweak. Many teams don’t have a DBA to do this work, so issues linger, while developers try to figure out a fix.

Releem does the analysis work for you. It highlights the specific statements that are causing problems and offers remediation guidance that is clear and specific. You can make the right fix without hours of manual investigation.

MySQL and MariaDB have hundreds of parameters, and adjusting them safely is not trivial. Most developers aren’t sure which settings to adjust or how to update them safely, so configurations are often left alone even when the database is struggling.

Releem reviews your current configuration and suggests settings that fit the actual workload. You can persist configuration  changes without even touching the config files. Releem shows the recommended values and lets you update them in one step, with easy rollback if a change behaves poorly under real traffic.

This gives smaller development teams the same advantage larger teams get from DBAs. Your team can focus on shipping features because configuration problems are being taken care of.

Deadlocks form when two transactions are waiting for each other's locks and one has to be killed. If this happens during a user request, the application returns an error. When this happens frequently, users see instability and support starts receiving complaints.

Releem monitors deadlock activity to show you where conflicts occur. It captures the statements involved, the tables that were touched, and the locking order that caused the failure. You get a clear explanation of how the conflict formed and what part of the application triggered it, so you can correct the underlying problem.

Deadlock visibility is also useful as your workload scales. It highlights tables experiencing heavy write load or queries that should be refactored to avoid competing for data access.

Rapid development often reshapes parts of the schema while older structures stay in place. This results in a mix of evolving migrations, leftover indexes, and column definitions that no longer reflect how the data is used. Over time, these inconsistencies begin to impact performance. The optimizer has a harder time choosing efficient query paths, which slows down requests and increases load on the server.

Releem runs automatic checks that uncover structural problems in your schema. It reviews index usage, column definitions, table size trends, and patterns that increase load on storage or memory. It also flags objects that are no longer serving the workload.

Releem works as your database advisor. It’s built for developers who want reliable performance without becoming DBAs. It watches how your application behaves and turns that data into clear guidance you can act on, quickly. Every recommendation is grounded in real metrics, so the improvements you apply are safe.

The result is a database that is stable and predictable without pulling you away from the things that really matter to you.

Releem helps you keep your database predictable and low-maintenance, so you can stay focused on building your product.