Technologies We Use

MySQL

Tuned Queries And Backups You Have Actually Restored

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MySQL at Clearwell Digital

What is MySQL?

MySQL stores nearly everything your website knows: pages, orders, members, form entries. Looking after it well is the difference between a fast site and a slow one.

MySQL is the relational database behind WordPress, WooCommerce, Moodle and many custom applications. Small sites rarely need a database specialist, but they do need three things done properly: sensible indexes, regular tested backups, and periodic clean up of the rubbish that plugins leave behind.

How we use MySQL

How Clearwell Digital uses MySQL

Backups you have actually restored

We set up automated backups and then restore one, because a backup that has never been tested is only a hope.

Query tuning

We find the slow queries behind slow pages and fix them with indexes or better code rather than more caching.

Clean up and shrink

We clear expired transients, orphaned metadata and old revisions that quietly bloat the database.

What you get with MySQL

  • A backup schedule with a documented, tested restore procedure
  • A before and after measurement of database size and page response time
  • Index changes explained in plain language, with the reason for each
  • A monitoring alert if backups stop running

When did anyone last test your backup?

We will restore a copy to a safe environment and tell you honestly whether your backup works.

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