Thanks Chris for your input. I have no redundant indexes but of course I will double check.
I will look into making smaller tables. Marvin -----Original Message----- From: Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 October 2006 23:52 To: Marvin Wright Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: Deletes on big tables > 2. If I could split the tables up into smaller tables would this > help ? My dilemma here is that I can split the data, the data would > be in different tables but on the same hardware, the same number of > deletes would still have to happen so would it actually make any difference ? No idea about the rest but yes you'll get better performance with smaller tables. What indexes do you have on the table(s) ? Hopefully no redundant or duplicate ones. Deletes have to update all indexes on the table at the same time - the less data, the smaller the index(es), the quicker the response. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
