diff --git a/internal/backends/mysql/backend.go b/internal/backends/mysql/backend.go
index 8234cff16919..5629f1d32e4e 100644
--- a/internal/backends/mysql/backend.go
+++ b/internal/backends/mysql/backend.go
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@
 package mysql
 
 import (
+	"cmp"
 	"context"
+	"slices"
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
@@ -43,7 +45,14 @@ type NewBackendParams struct {
 
 // NewBackend creates a new Backend.
 func NewBackend(params *NewBackendParams) (backends.Backend, error) {
-	return nil, lazyerrors.New("not yet implemented")
+	r, err := metadata.NewRegistry(params.URI, params.L, params.P)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return backends.BackendContract(&backend{
+		r: r,
+	}), nil
 }
 
 // Close implements backends.Backend interface.
@@ -53,7 +62,56 @@ func (b *backend) Close() {
 
 // Status implements backends.Backend interface.
 func (b *backend) Status(ctx context.Context, params *backends.StatusParams) (*backends.StatusResult, error) {
-	return nil, lazyerrors.New("not yet implemented.")
+	dbs, err := b.r.DatabaseList(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, lazyerrors.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	var res backends.StatusResult
+
+	var pingSucceeded bool
+
+	for _, dbName := range dbs {
+		var cs []*metadata.Collection
+
+		if cs, err = b.r.CollectionList(ctx, dbName); err != nil {
+			return nil, lazyerrors.Error(err)
+		}
+
+		res.CountCollections += int64(len(cs))
+
+		colls, err := newDatabase(b.r, dbName).ListCollections(ctx, new(backends.ListCollectionsParams))
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, lazyerrors.Error(err)
+		}
+
+		for _, cInfo := range colls.Collections {
+			if cInfo.Capped() {
+				res.CountCappedCollections++
+			}
+		}
+
+		if pingSucceeded {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		p, err := b.r.DatabaseGetExisting(ctx, dbName)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, lazyerrors.Error(err)
+		}
+
+		if p == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if err = p.Ping(ctx); err != nil {
+			return nil, lazyerrors.Error(err)
+		}
+
+		pingSucceeded = true
+	}
+
+	return &res, nil
 }
 
 // Database implements backends.Backend interface.
@@ -65,22 +123,62 @@ func (b *backend) Database(name string) (backends.Database, error) {
 //
 //nolint:lll // for readability
 func (b *backend) ListDatabases(ctx context.Context, params *backends.ListDatabasesParams) (*backends.ListDatabasesResult, error) {
-	return nil, lazyerrors.New("not yet implemented")
+	list, err := b.r.DatabaseList(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var res *backends.ListDatabasesResult
+
+	if params != nil && len(params.Name) > 0 {
+		i, found := slices.BinarySearchFunc(list, params.Name, func(dbName, t string) int {
+			return cmp.Compare(dbName, t)
+		})
+
+		var filteredList []string
+
+		if found {
+			filteredList = append(filteredList, list[i])
+		}
+
+		list = filteredList
+	}
+
+	res = &backends.ListDatabasesResult{
+		Databases: make([]backends.DatabaseInfo, 0, len(list)),
+	}
+
+	for _, dbName := range list {
+		res.Databases = append(res.Databases, backends.DatabaseInfo{
+			Name: dbName,
+		})
+	}
+
+	return res, nil
 }
 
 // DropDatabase implements backends.Backend interface.
 func (b *backend) DropDatabase(ctx context.Context, params *backends.DropDatabaseParams) error {
-	return lazyerrors.New("not yet implemented.")
+	dropped, err := b.r.DatabaseDrop(ctx, params.Name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return lazyerrors.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	if !dropped {
+		return backends.NewError(backends.ErrorCodeDatabaseDoesNotExist, nil)
+	}
+
+	return nil
 }
 
 // Describe implements prometheus.Collector.
 func (b *backend) Describe(ch chan<- *prometheus.Desc) {
-	// b.r.Describe(ch)
+	b.r.Describe(ch)
 }
 
 // Collect implements prometheus.Collector.
 func (b *backend) Collect(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
-	// b.r.Collect(ch)
+	b.r.Collect(ch)
 }
 
 // check interfaces
diff --git a/internal/backends/mysql/collection.go b/internal/backends/mysql/collection.go
index 2a7b080fbb2a..13c8341b7045 100644
--- a/internal/backends/mysql/collection.go
+++ b/internal/backends/mysql/collection.go
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ func (c *collection) UpdateAll(ctx context.Context, params *backends.UpdateAllPa
 	}
 
 	q := fmt.Sprintf(
-		`UPDATE %s.%s SET %s = ? WHERE %s = ?`,
+		`UPDATE %q.%q SET %s = ? WHERE %s = ?`,
 		c.dbName, meta.TableName,
 		metadata.DefaultColumn,
 		metadata.IDColumn,
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ func (c *collection) DeleteAll(ctx context.Context, params *backends.DeleteAllPa
 	}
 
 	q := fmt.Sprintf(
-		`DELETE FROM %s.%s WHERE %s IN (%s)`,
+		`DELETE FROM %q.%q WHERE %s IN (%s)`,
 		c.dbName, meta.TableName,
 		column,
 		strings.Join(placeholders, ", "),
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ func (c *collection) Compact(ctx context.Context, params *backends.CompactParams
 	}
 
 	q := "OPTIMIZE TABLE "
-	q += fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", c.dbName, coll.TableName)
+	q += fmt.Sprintf("%q.%q", c.dbName, coll.TableName)
 
 	if _, err = p.ExecContext(ctx, q); err != nil {
 		return nil, lazyerrors.Error(err)
diff --git a/internal/backends/mysql/insert.go b/internal/backends/mysql/insert.go
index 3bb664b470b2..0413e2fbcbad 100644
--- a/internal/backends/mysql/insert.go
+++ b/internal/backends/mysql/insert.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func prepareInsertStatement(schema, tableName string, capped bool, docs []*types
 	}
 
 	return fmt.Sprintf(
-		`INSERT INTO %s.%s (%s) VALUES %s`,
+		`INSERT INTO %q.%q (%s) VALUES %s`,
 		schema, tableName,
 		columns,
 		strings.Join(rows, ", "),
diff --git a/internal/util/fsql/db.go b/internal/util/fsql/db.go
index d21e80ddf98c..f550c0306705 100644
--- a/internal/util/fsql/db.go
+++ b/internal/util/fsql/db.go
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ func (db *DB) Close() error {
 	return db.sqlDB.Close()
 }
 
+// Ping calls [*sql.DB.Ping].
+func (db *DB) Ping(ctx context.Context) error {
+	defer observability.FuncCall(ctx)()
+	return db.sqlDB.Ping()
+}
+
 // QueryContext calls [*sql.DB.QueryContext].
 func (db *DB) QueryContext(ctx context.Context, query string, args ...any) (*Rows, error) {
 	defer observability.FuncCall(ctx)()