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Using sysbench to measure how MySQL performance changes over time, November 2025 edition
Originally from smalldatum.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
November 29, 2025 • Roasted by Alex "Downtime" Rodriguez Read Original Article

Alright, team, gather 'round. Another Tuesday, another deep-dive benchmark that looks great in a spreadsheet and will feel terrible in production. I’ve read the report, and I've already got my emergency-caffeine-and-regret playlist queued up for the "upgrade" weekend. Let's talk about what these beautiful charts actually mean for those of us who carry the pager.

Anyway, thanks for the charts. I’ll go ahead and pre-write the incident post-mortem.