You could bring it down, but the real question is if you really want to do that? Making the buffers and caches smaller will reduce the memory used, but it also reduces performance.
Could you tell us what you are hoping to use MySQL for and why you wanna bring the memory usage down? Walter OlinData: Professional services for MySQL Support * Consulting * Administration http://www.olindata.com On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Sebastian Tennant <seb...@smolny.plus.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I recently installed MySQL (version 5.0) on my Debian Lenny VPS and > mysqld uses 14.3% of memory when idle. > > Is this a known issue? > > I'm aware that version 5.0 is not the latest version but it's the one > currently shipped by Debian Lenny (testing) so I'm loathe to 'manually' > install a later version. > > Is there anything I can do to bring this figure down? > > Any advice/tips/pointers much appreciated. > > Regards, > > Sebastian > -- > Emacs' AlsaPlayer - Music Without Jolts > Lightweight, full-featured and mindful of your idyllic happiness. > http://home.gna.org/eap > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=li...@olindata.com > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org
