Praveen GR
Tech Blogger, Tech speaker, and Database Administrator in Tamilnadu, India
Experience and Expertise:
Experienced IT professional with 5+ years of expertise in MySQL/Cloud database administration, an Oracle Certified MySQL DBA, and an AWS Community Builder. Proven track record in optimizing database performance for top-tier organizations, including Razorpay, Quikr, Flipkart, Swiggy, and Ola. Proficient in overseeing performance analysis, variable tuning, replication, migration, and AWS services. Adept at cost optimization, schema, and data recovery. Skilled in load balancing, MySQL clustering, and orchestrator. Recognized with industry awards, including the 2020 Top Performer, 2021 Customer Hero, 2022 Above and Beyond, and 2023 Mentoring Champion Awards. Hold certifications in Oracle Professional MySQL, AWS Community Builder, and TiDB Essentials for DBA. Committed to delivering data-driven solutions and ensuring database efficiency and security for organizations.
Blogs:
- How to Troubleshoot a MySQL Replica IO Thread that is Stuck in a Connecting State
- MySQL Schema change With Skeema – Part 1 "Basic Operations"
- MySQL Schema change With Skeema – Part 2 "Production use cases"
- Introduction to AWS MySQL Security on RDS : Network
- AWS MySQL Security on RDS: Database Level
- MySQL "No space left on device from storage engine"
- Handling case sensitive column in pt-archiver
- Faster Load data outfile in MySQL
- Troubleshooting an unique key addition during pt-online-schema-change
- Introduction to MySQL Parallel query in AWS Aurora
- Aurora MySQL Parallel query Performance and its gains
- Integrating MariaDB Audit plugin in MySQL 5.7
Presentation:
- Mastering Migration: MySQL Replication to InnoDB Cluster Using Cloning
- Seamless Schema Changes in Shards with Skeema tool
- MySQL Shell and It's Utilities
- Securing MySQL on AWS RDS: Best Practices for Database Security
- Parallel Query in AWS Aurora MySQL
- Database Migration Service(DMS)
- What's new in MariaDB 10.6 - International