Hi List, We have a mysql-Server with 8G of Ram. But mysql doesn't use this ram. But we get following error:
May 14 22:56:11 sql mysqld[5875]: 070514 22:56:10 [ERROR] /usr/sbin/mysqld: Got error 12 from storage engine May 14 22:56:11 sql mysqld[5875]: 070514 22:56:10 [ERROR] /usr/sbin/mysqld: Sort aborted I have set the sort_buffer_size to 1G but even this doesn't help. Any hints ? Should we try a 64Bit-OS ? Regards Christoph Kernel is a 2.6.18-3-686-bigmem from debian-etch. mysql> show status; +----------------------------+------------+ | Variable_name | Value | +----------------------------+------------+ | Aborted_clients | 103352 | | Aborted_connects | 3 | | Binlog_cache_disk_use | 0 | | Binlog_cache_use | 0 | | Bytes_received | 2985193088 | | Bytes_sent | 3725769917 | | Com_admin_commands | 5377515 | | Com_alter_db | 0 | | Com_alter_table | 8 | | Com_analyze | 0 | | Com_backup_table | 0 | | Com_begin | 0 | | Com_change_db | 5434526 | | Com_change_master | 0 | | Com_check | 0 | | Com_checksum | 0 | | Com_commit | 0 | | Com_create_db | 0 | | Com_create_function | 0 | | Com_create_index | 0 | | Com_create_table | 0 | | Com_dealloc_sql | 0 | | Com_delete | 154176 | | Com_delete_multi | 0 | | Com_do | 0 | | Com_drop_db | 0 | | Com_drop_function | 0 | | Com_drop_index | 0 | | Com_drop_table | 0 | | Com_drop_user | 0 | | Com_execute_sql | 0 | | Com_flush | 2 | | Com_grant | 0 | | Com_ha_close | 0 | | Com_ha_open | 0 | | Com_ha_read | 0 | | Com_help | 0 | | Com_insert | 473672 | | Com_insert_select | 0 | | Com_kill | 0 | | Com_load | 0 | | Com_load_master_data | 0 | | Com_load_master_table | 0 | | Com_lock_tables | 0 | | Com_optimize | 0 | | Com_preload_keys | 0 | | Com_prepare_sql | 0 | | Com_purge | 2 | | Com_purge_before_date | 0 | | Com_rename_table | 0 | | Com_repair | 0 | | Com_replace | 0 | | Com_replace_select | 0 | | Com_reset | 0 | | Com_restore_table | 0 | | Com_revoke | 0 | | Com_revoke_all | 0 | | Com_rollback | 0 | | Com_savepoint | 0 | | Com_select | 14627137 | | Com_set_option | 450 | | Com_show_binlog_events | 0 | | Com_show_binlogs | 13 | | Com_show_charsets | 112 | | Com_show_collations | 112 | | Com_show_column_types | 0 | | Com_show_create_db | 0 | | Com_show_create_table | 42 | | Com_show_databases | 10 | | Com_show_errors | 0 | | Com_show_fields | 111 | | Com_show_grants | 46 | | Com_show_innodb_status | 0 | | Com_show_keys | 56 | | Com_show_logs | 0 | | Com_show_master_status | 0 | | Com_show_new_master | 0 | | Com_show_open_tables | 0 | | Com_show_privileges | 0 | | Com_show_processlist | 0 | | Com_show_slave_hosts | 0 | | Com_show_slave_status | 0 | | Com_show_status | 4930 | | Com_show_storage_engines | 7 | | Com_show_tables | 250 | | Com_show_variables | 4708 | | Com_show_warnings | 0 | | Com_slave_start | 0 | | Com_slave_stop | 0 | | Com_truncate | 1 | | Com_unlock_tables | 0 | | Com_update | 1088621 | | Com_update_multi | 0 | | Connections | 61722 | | Created_tmp_disk_tables | 6036 | | Created_tmp_files | 8 | | Created_tmp_tables | 287594 | | Delayed_errors | 0 | | Delayed_insert_threads | 0 | | Delayed_writes | 0 | | Flush_commands | 1 | | Handler_commit | 0 | | Handler_delete | 339394 | | Handler_discover | 0 | | Handler_read_first | 40913 | | Handler_read_key | 76429100 | | Handler_read_next | 643328453 | | Handler_read_prev | 33596837 | | Handler_read_rnd | 33146948 | | Handler_read_rnd_next | 2840985720 | | Handler_rollback | 0 | | Handler_update | 1086372 | | Handler_write | 28076366 | | Key_blocks_not_flushed | 0 | | Key_blocks_unused | 1944154 | | Key_blocks_used | 151175 | | Key_read_requests | 347151518 | | Key_reads | 160286 | | Key_write_requests | 3334152 | | Key_writes | 2277303 | | Max_used_connections | 639 | | Not_flushed_delayed_rows | 0 | | Open_files | 788 | | Open_streams | 0 | | Open_tables | 716 | | Opened_tables | 2103 | | Qcache_free_blocks | 7890 | | Qcache_free_memory | 57390144 | | Qcache_hits | 4027006 | | Qcache_inserts | 14379458 | | Qcache_lowmem_prunes | 34882 | | Qcache_not_cached | 189319 | | Qcache_queries_in_cache | 9026 | | Qcache_total_blocks | 25979 | | Questions | 25868482 | | Rpl_status | NULL | | Select_full_join | 0 | | Select_full_range_join | 0 | | Select_range | 339495 | | Select_range_check | 0 | | Select_scan | 515306 | | Slave_open_temp_tables | 0 | | Slave_running | OFF | | Slave_retried_transactions | 0 | | Slow_launch_threads | 0 | | Slow_queries | 0 | | Sort_merge_passes | 0 | | Sort_range | 1000576 | | Sort_rows | 181854952 | | Sort_scan | 620651 | | Table_locks_immediate | 12510467 | | Table_locks_waited | 4698993 | | Threads_cached | 136 | | Threads_connected | 37 | | Threads_created | 2167 | | Threads_running | 5 | | Uptime | 134426 | +----------------------------+------------+ 157 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> show variables; +---------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ | Variable_name | Value | +---------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ | back_log | 50 | | basedir | /usr/ | | bdb_cache_size | 8388600 | | bdb_home | | | bdb_log_buffer_size | 0 | | bdb_logdir | | | bdb_max_lock | 10000 | | bdb_shared_data | OFF | | bdb_tmpdir | | | binlog_cache_size | 32768 | | bulk_insert_buffer_size | 8388608 | | character_set_client | latin1 | | character_set_connection | latin1 | | character_set_database | latin1 | | character_set_results | latin1 | | character_set_server | latin1 | | character_set_system | utf8 | | character_sets_dir | /usr/share/mysql/charsets/ | | collation_connection | latin1_swedish_ci | | collation_database | latin1_swedish_ci | | collation_server | latin1_swedish_ci | | concurrent_insert | ON | | connect_timeout | 5 | | datadir | /var/lib/mysql/ | | date_format | %Y-%m-%d | | datetime_format | %Y-%m-%d %H:%i:%s | | default_week_format | 0 | | delay_key_write | ON | | delayed_insert_limit | 100 | | delayed_insert_timeout | 300 | | delayed_queue_size | 1000 | | expire_logs_days | 0 | | flush | OFF | | flush_time | 0 | | ft_boolean_syntax | + -><()~*:""&| | | ft_max_word_len | 84 | | ft_min_word_len | 4 | | ft_query_expansion_limit | 20 | | ft_stopword_file | (built-in) | | group_concat_max_len | 1024 | | have_archive | YES | | have_bdb | DISABLED | | have_blackhole_engine | NO | | have_compress | YES | | have_crypt | YES | | have_csv | YES | | have_example_engine | NO | | have_geometry | YES | | have_innodb | YES | | have_isam | YES | | have_ndbcluster | DISABLED | | have_openssl | NO | | have_query_cache | YES | | have_raid | YES | | have_rtree_keys | YES | | have_symlink | YES | | init_connect | | | init_file | | | init_slave | | | innodb_additional_mem_pool_size | 1048576 | | innodb_autoextend_increment | 8 | | innodb_buffer_pool_awe_mem_mb | 0 | | innodb_buffer_pool_size | 209715200 | | innodb_data_file_path | ibdata1:10M:autoextend | | innodb_data_home_dir | | | innodb_fast_shutdown | ON | | innodb_file_io_threads | 4 | | innodb_file_per_table | OFF | | innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit | 1 | | innodb_flush_method | | | innodb_force_recovery | 0 | | innodb_lock_wait_timeout | 50 | | innodb_locks_unsafe_for_binlog | OFF | | innodb_log_arch_dir | | | innodb_log_archive | OFF | | innodb_log_buffer_size | 1048576 | | innodb_log_file_size | 5242880 | | innodb_log_files_in_group | 2 | | innodb_log_group_home_dir | ./ | | innodb_max_dirty_pages_pct | 90 | | innodb_max_purge_lag | 0 | | innodb_mirrored_log_groups | 1 | | innodb_open_files | 300 | | innodb_table_locks | ON | | innodb_thread_concurrency | 8 | | interactive_timeout | 28800 | | join_buffer_size | 131072 | | key_buffer_size | 4294963200 | | key_cache_age_threshold | 300 | | key_cache_block_size | 1024 | | key_cache_division_limit | 100 | | language | /usr/share/mysql/english/ | | large_files_support | ON | | license | GPL | | local_infile | ON | | locked_in_memory | OFF | | log | OFF | | log_bin | ON | | log_error | | | log_slave_updates | OFF | | log_slow_queries | ON | | log_update | OFF | | log_warnings | 1 | | long_query_time | 10 | | low_priority_updates | OFF | | lower_case_file_system | OFF | | lower_case_table_names | 0 | | max_allowed_packet | 33553408 | | max_binlog_cache_size | 4294967295 | | max_binlog_size | 104857600 | | max_connect_errors | 10 | | max_connections | 2000 | | max_delayed_threads | 20 | | max_error_count | 64 | | max_heap_table_size | 16777216 | | max_insert_delayed_threads | 20 | | max_join_size | 4294967295 | | max_length_for_sort_data | 1024 | | max_relay_log_size | 0 | | max_seeks_for_key | 4294967295 | | max_sort_length | 1024 | | max_tmp_tables | 200 | | max_user_connections | 0 | | max_write_lock_count | 4294967295 | | myisam_data_pointer_size | 4 | | myisam_max_extra_sort_file_size | 2147483648 | | myisam_max_sort_file_size | 2147483647 | | myisam_recover_options | OFF | | myisam_repair_threads | 1 | | myisam_sort_buffer_size | 134217728 | | ndb_autoincrement_prefetch_sz | 32 | | ndb_force_send | ON | | ndb_use_exact_count | ON | | ndb_use_transactions | ON | | net_buffer_length | 16384 | | net_read_timeout | 30 | | net_retry_count | 10 | | net_write_timeout | 60 | | new | OFF | | old_passwords | ON | | open_files_limit | 10010 | | pid_file | /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid | | port | 3306 | | preload_buffer_size | 32768 | | protocol_version | 10 | | query_alloc_block_size | 8192 | | query_cache_limit | 1048576 | | query_cache_min_res_unit | 4096 | | query_cache_size | 67108864 | | query_cache_type | ON | | query_cache_wlock_invalidate | OFF | | query_prealloc_size | 8192 | | range_alloc_block_size | 2048 | | read_buffer_size | 8384512 | | read_only | OFF | | read_rnd_buffer_size | 16773120 | | relay_log_purge | ON | | relay_log_space_limit | 0 | | rpl_recovery_rank | 0 | | secure_auth | OFF | | server_id | 1 | | skip_external_locking | ON | | skip_networking | OFF | | skip_show_database | OFF | | slave_net_timeout | 3600 | | slave_transaction_retries | 0 | | slow_launch_time | 2 | | socket | /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock | | sort_buffer_size | 1073741760 | | sql_mode | | | storage_engine | MyISAM | | sql_notes | ON | | sql_warnings | ON | | sync_binlog | 0 | | sync_replication | 0 | | sync_replication_slave_id | 0 | | sync_replication_timeout | 0 | | sync_frm | ON | | system_time_zone | CEST | | table_cache | 2048 | | table_type | MyISAM | | thread_cache_size | 150 | | thread_stack | 131072 | | time_format | %H:%i:%s | | time_zone | SYSTEM | | tmp_table_size | 33554432 | | tmpdir | /tmp | | transaction_alloc_block_size | 8192 | | transaction_prealloc_size | 4096 | | tx_isolation | REPEATABLE-READ | | version | 4.1.11-Debian_4sarge7-log | | version_bdb | Sleepycat Software: Berkeley DB 4.1.24: (April 1, 2005) | | version_comment | Source distribution | | version_compile_machine | i386 | | version_compile_os | pc-linux-gnu | | wait_timeout | 28800 | +---------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ 196 rows in set (0.01 sec) -- NMMN - New Media Markets & Networks GmbH Geschäftsführung: Kfm. 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