Hello, We have a BSD box with the following installed:
mysql-client-5.0.77 multithreaded SQL database (client) mysql-server-5.0.77 multithreaded SQL database (server) p5-DBD-mysql-4.010 MySQL drivers for the Perl DBI php5-mysql-5.2.8 mysql database access extensions for php5 We are experiencing intermittent slowdowns on the queries made with PHP to mysql to the point where pages take a lot of time to load, upon further investigation with mytop we observe that it only keep an average of 1-2 simultenaous threads and a query time of avg 2-3 seconds. During which the mysqld process reaches 99% continously for minutes. We have repaired and optimized the tables, and the DB is 200mb. The storage engine is MyISAM. I understand that further optimization can be done to my.cnf , that has been done a lot but with the same results.. andbefore I go to that path again my question is: Iam wondering what other tools exist to load test the mysql daemon, or how to better debug this situation... more tools must exist out there? Perhaps there must be a PHP/DB that I can load... and run a stress test like you would test network issues with speedtest.net just a thought.. I know you dont compare apples to oranges. Thanks David
