Linode is a very popular Virtual Private Servers (VPS) provider, that offer simplified interfaces to create and manage your servers. This post discusses one of their features: Longview, and how you can utilize it if you’re running MySQL Databases on your VPS.

Longview allows you to collect many metrics on your server in good details. It is also a free service that you get with your subscription – although you can upgrade it for unlimited data retention and more granular metric data. Using Longview, you can monitor stuff like CPU, Memory, Network Utilization and other resources. What we want to do is utilize it to display metrics of our MySQL Database.

The added value of this is that using Longview, you will be able to Read More »