diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f8a3380282..5196871581 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ Main (unreleased)
 
 - Add `otelcol.exporter.syslog` component to export logs in syslog format (@dehaansa)
 
+- (_Experimental_) Add a `database_observability.mysql` component to collect mysql performance data.
+
 ### Enhancements
 
 - Add second metrics sample to the support bundle to provide delta information (@dehaansa)
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ Main (unreleased)
 
 - Fixed an issue in the `otelcol.processor.attribute` component where the actions `delete` and `hash` could not be used with the `pattern` argument. (@wildum)
 
-- Fixed a race condition that could lead to a deadlock when using `import` statements, which could lead to a memory leak on `/metrics` endpoint of an Alloy instance. (@thampiotr) 
+- Fixed a race condition that could lead to a deadlock when using `import` statements, which could lead to a memory leak on `/metrics` endpoint of an Alloy instance. (@thampiotr)
 
 - Fix a race condition where the ui service was dependent on starting after the remotecfg service, which is not guaranteed. (@dehaansa & @erikbaranowski)
 
@@ -97,7 +99,7 @@ v1.5.0
 - Add support for relative paths to `import.file`. This new functionality allows users to use `import.file` blocks in modules
   imported via `import.git` and other `import.file`. (@wildum)
 
-- `prometheus.exporter.cloudwatch`: The `discovery` block now has a `recently_active_only` configuration attribute 
+- `prometheus.exporter.cloudwatch`: The `discovery` block now has a `recently_active_only` configuration attribute
   to return only metrics which have been active in the last 3 hours.
 
 - Add Prometheus bearer authentication to a `prometheus.write.queue` component (@freak12techno)
@@ -110,9 +112,9 @@ v1.5.0
 
 - Fixed a bug in `import.git` which caused a `"non-fast-forward update"` error message. (@ptodev)
 
-- Do not log error on clean shutdown of `loki.source.journal`. (@thampiotr) 
+- Do not log error on clean shutdown of `loki.source.journal`. (@thampiotr)
 
-- `prometheus.operator.*` components: Fixed a bug which would sometimes cause a 
+- `prometheus.operator.*` components: Fixed a bug which would sometimes cause a
   "failed to create service discovery refresh metrics" error after a config reload. (@ptodev)
 
 ### Other changes
@@ -151,7 +153,7 @@ v1.4.3
 
 - `pyroscope.scrape` no longer tries to scrape endpoints which are not active targets anymore. (@wildum @mattdurham @dehaansa @ptodev)
 
-- Fixed a bug with `loki.source.podlogs` not starting in large clusters due to short informer sync timeout. (@elburnetto-intapp) 
+- Fixed a bug with `loki.source.podlogs` not starting in large clusters due to short informer sync timeout. (@elburnetto-intapp)
 
 - `prometheus.exporter.windows`: Fixed bug with `exclude` regular expression config arguments which caused missing metrics. (@ptodev)
 
@@ -170,7 +172,7 @@ v1.4.2
   - Fix parsing of the Level configuration attribute in debug_metrics config block
   - Ensure "optional" debug_metrics config block really is optional
 
-- Fixed an issue with `loki.process` where `stage.luhn` and `stage.timestamp` would not apply 
+- Fixed an issue with `loki.process` where `stage.luhn` and `stage.timestamp` would not apply
   default configuration settings correctly (@thampiotr)
 
 - Fixed an issue with `loki.process` where configuration could be reloaded even if there
diff --git a/docs/sources/reference/components/database_observability/database_observability.mysql.md b/docs/sources/reference/components/database_observability/database_observability.mysql.md
index 2bfc85953e..e51af705f8 100644
--- a/docs/sources/reference/components/database_observability/database_observability.mysql.md
+++ b/docs/sources/reference/components/database_observability/database_observability.mysql.md
@@ -25,9 +25,10 @@ The following arguments are supported:
 
 | Name                 | Type           | Description                                                                                                         | Default | Required |
 | -------------------- | -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | -------- |
-| `data_source_name` | `secret`             | [Data Source Name](https://github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql#dsn-data-source-name) for the MySQL server to connect to.                   |         | yes      |
-| `forward_to`       | `list(LogsReceiver)` | Where to forward log entries after processing.     |         | yes      |
-| `collect_interval` | `duration`           | How frequently to collect query samples from database | `"10s"` | no       |
+| `data_source_name`      | `secret`             | [Data Source Name](https://github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql#dsn-data-source-name) for the MySQL server to connect to.               |         | yes |
+| `forward_to`            | `list(LogsReceiver)` | Where to forward log entries after processing.         |         | yes |
+| `collect_interval`      | `duration`           | How frequently to collect information from database | `"10s"` | no  |
+| `query_samples_enabled` | `bool`               | Whether to enable collection of query samples          | `true`  | no  |
 
 ## Blocks
 
@@ -67,7 +68,6 @@ loki.write "logs_service" {
   }
 }
 ```
-
 <!-- START GENERATED COMPATIBLE COMPONENTS -->
 
 ## Compatible components
diff --git a/internal/component/database_observability/database_observability.go b/internal/component/database_observability/database_observability.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..176aedc5eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/component/database_observability/database_observability.go
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+package database_observability
+
+const JobName = "integrations/db-o11y"
diff --git a/internal/component/database_observability/mysql/collector/query_sample.go b/internal/component/database_observability/mysql/collector/query_sample.go
index bb8d354385..8632f57085 100644
--- a/internal/component/database_observability/mysql/collector/query_sample.go
+++ b/internal/component/database_observability/mysql/collector/query_sample.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/xwb1989/sqlparser"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/alloy/internal/component/common/loki"
+	"github.com/grafana/alloy/internal/component/database_observability"
 	"github.com/grafana/alloy/internal/runtime/logging/level"
 	"github.com/grafana/loki/v3/pkg/logproto"
 )
@@ -108,27 +109,28 @@ func (c *QuerySample) fetchQuerySamples(ctx context.Context) error {
 		var digest, query_sample_text, query_sample_seen, query_sample_timer_wait string
 		err := rs.Scan(&digest, &query_sample_text, &query_sample_seen, &query_sample_timer_wait)
 		if err != nil {
-			level.Error(c.logger).Log("msg", "failed to scan query samples", "err", err)
+			level.Error(c.logger).Log("msg", "failed to scan query samples", "digest", digest, "err", err)
 			break
 		}
 
-		redacted, err := sqlparser.RedactSQLQuery(query_sample_text)
+		query_sample_redacted, err := sqlparser.RedactSQLQuery(query_sample_text)
 		if err != nil {
-			level.Error(c.logger).Log("msg", "failed to redact sql query", "err", err)
+			level.Error(c.logger).Log("msg", "failed to redact sql query", "digest", digest, "err", err)
+			break
 		}
 
 		c.entryHandler.Chan() <- loki.Entry{
-			Labels: model.LabelSet{"job": "integrations/db-o11y"},
+			Labels: model.LabelSet{"job": database_observability.JobName},
 			Entry: logproto.Entry{
 				Timestamp: time.Unix(0, time.Now().UnixNano()),
-				Line:      fmt.Sprintf(`level=info msg="query samples fetched" op="%s" digest="%s" query_sample_text="%s" query_sample_seen="%s" query_sample_timer_wait="%s" query_redacted="%s"`, OP_QUERY_SAMPLE, digest, query_sample_text, query_sample_seen, query_sample_timer_wait, redacted),
+				Line:      fmt.Sprintf(`level=info msg="query samples fetched" op="%s" digest="%s" query_sample_seen="%s" query_sample_timer_wait="%s" query_sample_redacted="%s"`, OP_QUERY_SAMPLE, digest, query_sample_seen, query_sample_timer_wait, query_sample_redacted),
 			},
 		}
 
-		tables := c.tablesFromQuery(query_sample_text)
+		tables := c.tablesFromQuery(digest, query_sample_text)
 		for _, table := range tables {
 			c.entryHandler.Chan() <- loki.Entry{
-				Labels: model.LabelSet{"job": "integrations/db-o11y"},
+				Labels: model.LabelSet{"job": database_observability.JobName},
 				Entry: logproto.Entry{
 					Timestamp: time.Unix(0, time.Now().UnixNano()),
 					Line:      fmt.Sprintf(`level=info msg="table name parsed" op="%s" digest="%s" table="%s"`, OP_QUERY_PARSED_TABLE_NAME, digest, table),
@@ -140,15 +142,15 @@ func (c *QuerySample) fetchQuerySamples(ctx context.Context) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (c QuerySample) tablesFromQuery(query string) []string {
+func (c QuerySample) tablesFromQuery(digest, query string) []string {
 	if strings.HasSuffix(query, "...") {
-		level.Info(c.logger).Log("msg", "skipping parsing truncated query")
+		level.Info(c.logger).Log("msg", "skipping parsing truncated query", "digest", digest)
 		return []string{}
 	}
 
 	stmt, err := sqlparser.Parse(query)
 	if err != nil {
-		level.Error(c.logger).Log("msg", "failed to parse sql query", "err", err)
+		level.Error(c.logger).Log("msg", "failed to parse sql query", "digest", digest, "err", err)
 		return []string{}
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/component/database_observability/mysql/collector/query_sample_test.go b/internal/component/database_observability/mysql/collector/query_sample_test.go
index f8ed1d03b1..8288a821ef 100644
--- a/internal/component/database_observability/mysql/collector/query_sample_test.go
+++ b/internal/component/database_observability/mysql/collector/query_sample_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	loki_fake "github.com/grafana/alloy/internal/component/common/loki/client/fake"
+	"github.com/grafana/alloy/internal/component/database_observability"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
 	"go.uber.org/goleak"
 
@@ -59,9 +60,9 @@ func TestQuerySample(t *testing.T) {
 
 	lokiEntries := lokiClient.Received()
 	for _, entry := range lokiEntries {
-		require.Equal(t, model.LabelSet{"job": "integrations/db-o11y"}, entry.Labels)
+		require.Equal(t, model.LabelSet{"job": database_observability.JobName}, entry.Labels)
 	}
-	require.Equal(t, `level=info msg="query samples fetched" op="query_sample" digest="abc123" query_sample_text="select * from some_table where id = 1" query_sample_seen="2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" query_sample_timer_wait="1000" query_redacted="select * from some_table where id = :redacted1"`, lokiEntries[0].Line)
+	require.Equal(t, `level=info msg="query samples fetched" op="query_sample" digest="abc123" query_sample_seen="2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" query_sample_timer_wait="1000" query_sample_redacted="select * from some_table where id = :redacted1"`, lokiEntries[0].Line)
 	require.Equal(t, `level=info msg="table name parsed" op="query_parsed_table_name" digest="abc123" table="some_table"`, lokiEntries[1].Line)
 
 	err = mock.ExpectationsWereMet()
diff --git a/internal/component/database_observability/mysql/collector/schema_table.go b/internal/component/database_observability/mysql/collector/schema_table.go
index d4f59e8a28..e9de0e4392 100644
--- a/internal/component/database_observability/mysql/collector/schema_table.go
+++ b/internal/component/database_observability/mysql/collector/schema_table.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/alloy/internal/component/common/loki"
+	"github.com/grafana/alloy/internal/component/database_observability"
 	"github.com/grafana/alloy/internal/runtime/logging/level"
 )
 
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ func (c *SchemaTable) extractSchema(ctx context.Context) error {
 		schemas = append(schemas, schema)
 
 		c.entryHandler.Chan() <- loki.Entry{
-			Labels: model.LabelSet{"job": "integrations/db-o11y"},
+			Labels: model.LabelSet{"job": database_observability.JobName},
 			Entry: logproto.Entry{
 				Timestamp: time.Unix(0, time.Now().UnixNano()),
 				Line:      fmt.Sprintf(`level=info msg="schema detected" op="%s" schema="%s"`, OP_SCHEMA_DETECTION, schema),
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ func (c *SchemaTable) extractSchema(ctx context.Context) error {
 			tables = append(tables, tableInfo{schema: schema, tableName: table, createTime: createTime, updateTime: updateTime})
 
 			c.entryHandler.Chan() <- loki.Entry{
-				Labels: model.LabelSet{"job": "integrations/db-o11y"},
+				Labels: model.LabelSet{"job": database_observability.JobName},
 				Entry: logproto.Entry{
 					Timestamp: time.Unix(0, time.Now().UnixNano()),
 					Line:      fmt.Sprintf(`level=info msg="table detected" op="%s" schema="%s" table="%s"`, OP_TABLE_DETECTION, schema, table),
@@ -215,7 +216,7 @@ func (c *SchemaTable) extractSchema(ctx context.Context) error {
 		c.cache.Add(cacheKey, table)
 
 		c.entryHandler.Chan() <- loki.Entry{
-			Labels: model.LabelSet{"job": "integrations/db-o11y"},
+			Labels: model.LabelSet{"job": database_observability.JobName},
 			Entry: logproto.Entry{
 				Timestamp: time.Unix(0, time.Now().UnixNano()),
 				Line:      fmt.Sprintf(`level=info msg="create table" op="%s" schema="%s" table="%s" create_statement="%s"`, OP_CREATE_STATEMENT, table.schema, table.tableName, createStmt),
diff --git a/internal/component/database_observability/mysql/collector/schema_table_test.go b/internal/component/database_observability/mysql/collector/schema_table_test.go
index eb32b50585..7bf29a2977 100644
--- a/internal/component/database_observability/mysql/collector/schema_table_test.go
+++ b/internal/component/database_observability/mysql/collector/schema_table_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/DATA-DOG/go-sqlmock"
 	"github.com/go-kit/log"
 	loki_fake "github.com/grafana/alloy/internal/component/common/loki/client/fake"
+	"github.com/grafana/alloy/internal/component/database_observability"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"go.uber.org/goleak"
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ func TestSchemaTable(t *testing.T) {
 
 	lokiEntries := lokiClient.Received()
 	for _, entry := range lokiEntries {
-		require.Equal(t, model.LabelSet{"job": "integrations/db-o11y"}, entry.Labels)
+		require.Equal(t, model.LabelSet{"job": database_observability.JobName}, entry.Labels)
 	}
 	require.Equal(t, `level=info msg="schema detected" op="schema_detection" schema="some_schema"`, lokiEntries[0].Line)
 	require.Equal(t, `level=info msg="table detected" op="table_detection" schema="some_schema" table="some_table"`, lokiEntries[1].Line)
diff --git a/internal/component/database_observability/mysql/component.go b/internal/component/database_observability/mysql/component.go
index 35ed0d8857..14a7bf1a5a 100644
--- a/internal/component/database_observability/mysql/component.go
+++ b/internal/component/database_observability/mysql/component.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/grafana/alloy/internal/component"
 	"github.com/grafana/alloy/internal/component/common/loki"
+	"github.com/grafana/alloy/internal/component/database_observability"
 	"github.com/grafana/alloy/internal/component/database_observability/mysql/collector"
 	"github.com/grafana/alloy/internal/component/discovery"
 	"github.com/grafana/alloy/internal/featuregate"
@@ -46,14 +47,18 @@ var (
 	_ syntax.Validator = (*Arguments)(nil)
 )
 
+// TODO(cristian) consider using something like "enabled_collectors"
+// to allow users to enable/disable collectors.
 type Arguments struct {
-	DataSourceName  alloytypes.Secret   `alloy:"data_source_name,attr"`
-	CollectInterval time.Duration       `alloy:"collect_interval,attr,optional"`
-	ForwardTo       []loki.LogsReceiver `alloy:"forward_to,attr"`
+	DataSourceName      alloytypes.Secret   `alloy:"data_source_name,attr"`
+	CollectInterval     time.Duration       `alloy:"collect_interval,attr,optional"`
+	QuerySamplesEnabled bool                `alloy:"query_samples_enabled,attr,optional"`
+	ForwardTo           []loki.LogsReceiver `alloy:"forward_to,attr"`
 }
 
 var DefaultArguments = Arguments{
-	CollectInterval: 10 * time.Second,
+	CollectInterval:     10 * time.Second,
+	QuerySamplesEnabled: true,
 }
 
 func (a *Arguments) SetToDefault() {
@@ -155,7 +160,7 @@ func (c *Component) getBaseTarget() (discovery.Target, error) {
 		model.SchemeLabel:      "http",
 		model.MetricsPathLabel: path.Join(httpData.HTTPPathForComponent(c.opts.ID), "metrics"),
 		"instance":             c.instanceKey(),
-		"job":                  "integrations/db-o11y",
+		"job":                  database_observability.JobName,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -194,21 +199,23 @@ func (c *Component) Update(args component.Arguments) error {
 
 	entryHandler := loki.NewEntryHandler(c.handler.Chan(), func() {})
 
-	qsCollector, err := collector.NewQuerySample(collector.QuerySampleArguments{
-		DB:              dbConnection,
-		CollectInterval: c.args.CollectInterval,
-		EntryHandler:    entryHandler,
-		Logger:          c.opts.Logger,
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		level.Error(c.opts.Logger).Log("msg", "failed to create QuerySample collector", "err", err)
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := qsCollector.Start(context.Background()); err != nil {
-		level.Error(c.opts.Logger).Log("msg", "failed to start QuerySample collector", "err", err)
-		return err
+	if c.args.QuerySamplesEnabled {
+		qsCollector, err := collector.NewQuerySample(collector.QuerySampleArguments{
+			DB:              dbConnection,
+			CollectInterval: c.args.CollectInterval,
+			EntryHandler:    entryHandler,
+			Logger:          c.opts.Logger,
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			level.Error(c.opts.Logger).Log("msg", "failed to create QuerySample collector", "err", err)
+			return err
+		}
+		if err := qsCollector.Start(context.Background()); err != nil {
+			level.Error(c.opts.Logger).Log("msg", "failed to start QuerySample collector", "err", err)
+			return err
+		}
+		c.collectors = append(c.collectors, qsCollector)
 	}
-	c.collectors = append(c.collectors, qsCollector)
 
 	stCollector, err := collector.NewSchemaTable(collector.SchemaTableArguments{
 		DB:              dbConnection,