Mareen Lapid

Associate Database Systems Engineer

Mareen Lapid is a member of the MySQL team for XTIVIA’s Virtual-DBA services. She provides a variety of support such as database monitoring and performing health checks to clients running in different environments. She is currently working towards obtaining the Oracle MySQL 8.0 Database Administrator certification.

Understanding and Resolving MySQL Deadlocks with the InnoDB Engine

What is a deadlock and what exactly does it mean in regards to databases? In order to fully define what a deadlock is, it’s important to note that a ‘lock’ itself occurs when multiple processes are simultaneously trying to access the same resource. A... read more