> I've been poking around google looking for tutorials and/or quick start > guides on optimizing the mysql server. We just upgraded our DB server from > 2 > Gb of RAM to 16. But I don't know how to reconfigure mysql to take full > advantage of it. Although, just installing the RAM seems to have made a > huge > difference. > > Any suggestions for a really good tutorial on configuring the server based > > on the amount of RAM, etc?
Hard to give details on performance optimization without knowing more about the details for your load, but there are a number of cache-related parameters (query cache, key cache and so on) that could be increased to take optimum advantage of the additional RAM. Take a look at http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/ The name is pretty self-explanatory, and there's a lot of useful info there on mysql tuning. They are the authors of 'High Performance MySQL' - http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596101718/index.html - which I've heard good things about (don't have it myself, plan to buy). Also see http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/optimization.html (assuming you use 5.0; substitute appropriate version if otherwise). - steve edberg -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org