hey... i'm getting a weird problem... i'm running a mysql 3.23 server on a dual-processor machine with 2 GB RAM. The number of tables are very few.. and so are the records. I've configured max_connectins as 2000 and i'm using PHP 4.0.4pl1 to access the database. I'm using persistent connections to the database. I'm running a load test software on the server to check the scalability. And i get problems galore. It works perfectly for upto 100 users, but at that figure, I get 2 common errors - Connection to MySQL lost during query and Cannot connect to mysql server on <host>. In spite of increasing max connections to 2000 and table_cache to 200. Any solutions? this is very very urgent... Another problem while i'm at it..:) the mysql server dies in between sometimes and takes /tmp/mysql.sock along with it. The problem is that when i try to restart the server, i get the error message that the server may already be running. A ps waux does not show mysqld. When i try to connect using mysql or mysqladmin, i get an error. But when i do a netstat -a, i get a list of all established connections with mysql!! and i see /tmp/mysql.sock listed as a listening socket. How do i remove all these so that i can restart the server? Sorry for the long mail, but I really am desperate now.. Tx. Vinod ------------------------------ so little time, so many things to do... _____________________________________________________ Chat with your friends as soon as they come online. Get Rediff Bol at http://bol.rediff.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php