Case Study: DC Energy reduces MySQL troubleshooting from hours to minutes and prevents downtime with VividCortex

DC Energy - Customer Case Study

DC Energy is a Washington, D.C.–based commodity trader (founded 2002, 50–100 employees) that depends on fast, reliable MySQL performance for time-sensitive trading. Their in-house logs and scripts couldn’t quickly parse or visualize the huge volume of performance data, making problem detection slow and collaboration difficult; they concluded they needed a commercial monitoring tool to gain rapid, actionable insight.

After deploying VividCortex in March 2013, DC Energy immediately gained high-resolution visibility into queries, replication lag and resource hotspots, with a practical UI for slicing and sharing results. The team exposed and fixed previously invisible micro-stalls caused by TRUNCATE queries, cut diagnosis time from 30–60 minutes to minutes, reduced downtime risk and improved overall trading efficiency.

DC Energy

Joe Kelly

Associate