its a linux server fedora with 2GB ram, insert mostly used through the update, no load or on cpu during that time
mysql> show status; +----------------------------+------------+ | Variable_name | Value | +----------------------------+------------+ | Aborted_clients | 16 | | Aborted_connects | 7 | | Binlog_cache_disk_use | 1 | | Binlog_cache_use | 1 | | Bytes_received | 327786682 | | Bytes_sent | 2078650970 | | Com_admin_commands | 9725 | | Com_alter_db | 0 | | Com_alter_table | 0 | | Com_analyze | 0 | | Com_backup_table | 0 | | Com_begin | 0 | | Com_change_db | 65467 | | Com_change_master | 0 | | Com_check | 0 | | Com_checksum | 0 | | Com_commit | 1 | | Com_create_db | 0 | | Com_create_function | 0 | | Com_create_index | 0 | | Com_create_table | 0 | | Com_dealloc_sql | 0 | | Com_delete | 41271 | | 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 | 0 | | Com_grant | 0 | | Com_ha_close | 0 | | Com_ha_open | 0 | | Com_ha_read | 0 | | Com_help | 0 | | Com_insert | 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| 0 | | Com_show_privileges | 0 | | Com_show_processlist | 2 | | Com_show_slave_hosts | 3 | | Com_show_slave_status | 0 | | Com_show_status | 8385 | | Com_show_storage_engines | 0 | | Com_show_tables | 493 | | Com_show_variables | 19 | | Com_show_warnings | 0 | | Com_slave_start | 0 | | Com_slave_stop | 0 | | Com_stmt_prepare | 0 | | Com_stmt_execute | 0 | | Com_stmt_send_long_data | 0 | | Com_stmt_reset | 0 | | Com_stmt_close | 0 | | Com_truncate | 0 | | Com_unlock_tables | 6 | | Com_update | 30723 | | Com_update_multi | 0 | | Connections | 65423 | | Created_tmp_disk_tables | 2027 | | Created_tmp_files | 431 | | Created_tmp_tables | 647863 | | Delayed_errors | 0 | | Delayed_insert_threads | 0 | | Delayed_writes | 0 | | Flush_commands | 1 | | Handler_commit | 4 | | Handler_delete | 12585 | | Handler_discover | 0 | | Handler_read_first | 6257964 | | Handler_read_key | 36366165 | | Handler_read_next | 574201726 | | Handler_read_prev | 47151 | | Handler_read_rnd | 5037081 | | Handler_read_rnd_next | 2842816956 | | Handler_rollback | 53758 | | Handler_update | 309674 | | Handler_write | 311112976 | | Key_blocks_not_flushed | 0 | | Key_blocks_unused | 10532 | | Key_blocks_used | 4170 | | Key_read_requests | 5615280 | | Key_reads | 6087 | | Key_write_requests | 68041 | | Key_writes | 47094 | | Max_used_connections | 25 | | Not_flushed_delayed_rows | 0 | | Open_files | 685 | | Open_streams | 0 | | Open_tables | 512 | | Opened_tables | 762 | | Qcache_free_blocks | 0 | | Qcache_free_memory | 0 | | Qcache_hits | 0 | | Qcache_inserts | 0 | | Qcache_lowmem_prunes | 0 | | Qcache_not_cached | 0 | | Qcache_queries_in_cache | 0 | | Qcache_total_blocks | 0 | | Questions | 2864857 | | Rpl_status | NULL | | Select_full_join | 4241 | | Select_full_range_join | 0 | | Select_range | 3206 | | Select_range_check | 0 | | Select_scan | 1331873 | | Slave_open_temp_tables | 0 | | Slave_running | OFF | | Slave_retried_transactions | 0 | | Slow_launch_threads | 0 | | Slow_queries | 51 | | Sort_merge_passes | 0 | | Sort_range | 130473 | | Sort_rows | 5904253 | | Sort_scan | 788547 | | Table_locks_immediate | 2946519 | | Table_locks_waited | 236 | | Threads_cached | 0 | | Threads_connected | 1 | | Threads_created | 65422 | | Threads_running | 1 | | Uptime | 84823 | +----------------------------+------------+ 162 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> mysql> show variables; +---------------------------------+------------------------------------------+ | Variable_name | Value | +---------------------------------+------------------------------------------+ | back_log | 50 | | basedir | / | | 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 | NO | | have_bdb | NO | | have_blackhole_engine | NO | | have_compress | YES | | have_crypt | YES | | have_csv | NO | | have_example_engine | NO | | have_geometry | YES | | have_innodb | YES | | have_isam | NO | | have_ndbcluster | NO | | have_openssl | NO | | have_query_cache | YES | | have_raid | NO | | 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 | 8388608 | | 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 | 16777216 | | 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 | 4 | | low_priority_updates | OFF | | lower_case_file_system | OFF | | lower_case_table_names | 0 | | max_allowed_packet | 1047552 | | max_binlog_cache_size | 4294967295 | | max_binlog_size | 1073741824 | | max_connect_errors | 10 | | max_connections | 100 | | 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 | 32 | | 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 | 8388608 | | net_buffer_length | 8192 | | net_read_timeout | 30 | | net_retry_count | 10 | | net_write_timeout | 60 | | new | OFF | | old_passwords | OFF | | open_files_limit | 1134 | | pid_file | /var/lib/mysql/com.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 | 0 | | query_cache_type | ON | | query_cache_wlock_invalidate | OFF | | query_prealloc_size | 8192 | | range_alloc_block_size | 2048 | | read_buffer_size | 258048 | | read_only | OFF | | read_rnd_buffer_size | 520192 | | 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/lib/mysql/mysql.sock | | sort_buffer_size | 524280 | | sql_mode | | | storage_engine | MyISAM | | sql_notes | OFF | | sql_warnings | OFF | | sync_binlog | 0 | | sync_replication | 0 | | sync_replication_slave_id | 0 | | sync_replication_timeout | 0 | | sync_frm | ON | | system_time_zone | EET | | table_cache | 512 | | table_type | MyISAM | | thread_cache_size | 0 | | thread_stack | 126976 | | time_format | %H:%i:%s | | time_zone | SYSTEM | | tmp_table_size | 33554432 | | tmpdir | | | transaction_alloc_block_size | 8192 | | transaction_prealloc_size | 4096 | | tx_isolation | REPEATABLE-READ | | version | 4.1.14-standard-log | | version_comment | MySQL Community Edition - Standard (GPL) | | version_compile_machine | i686 | | version_compile_os | pc-linux-gnu | | wait_timeout | 28800 | +---------------------------------+------------------------------------------+ 184 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> [root@/]# free -m total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 2026 1796 229 0 126 1362 -/+ buffers/cache: 307 1718 Swap: 4000 0 4000 [root /]# # Example MySQL config file for medium systems. # # This is for a system with little memory (32M - 64M) where MySQL plays # an important part, or systems up to 128M where MySQL is used together with # other programs (such as a web server) # # You can copy this file to # /etc/my.cnf to set global options, # mysql-data-dir/my.cnf to set server-specific options (in this # installation this directory is /var/lib/mysql) or # ~/.my.cnf to set user-specific options. # # In this file, you can use all long options that a program supports. # If you want to know which options a program supports, run the program # with the "--help" option. # The following options will be passed to all MySQL clients [client] #password = your_password port = 3306 socket = /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock # Here follows entries for some specific programs # The MySQL server [mysqld] port = 3306 socket = /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock skip-locking key_buffer = 16M max_allowed_packet = 1M table_cache = 64 sort_buffer_size = 512K net_buffer_length = 8K read_buffer_size = 256K read_rnd_buffer_size = 512K myisam_sort_buffer_size = 8M # Don't listen on a TCP/IP port at all. This can be a security enhancement, # if all processes that need to connect to mysqld run on the same host. # All interaction with mysqld must be made via Unix sockets or named pipes. # Note that using this option without enabling named pipes on Windows # (via the "enable-named-pipe" option) will render mysqld useless! # #skip-networking # Replication Master Server (default) # binary logging is required for replication log-bin # required unique id between 1 and 2^32 - 1 # defaults to 1 if master-host is not set # but will not function as a master if omitted server-id = 1 # Replication Slave (comment out master section to use this) # # To configure this host as a replication slave, you can choose between # two methods : # # 1) Use the CHANGE MASTER TO command (fully described in our manual) - # the syntax is: # # CHANGE MASTER TO MASTER_HOST=<host>, MASTER_PORT=<port>, # MASTER_USER=<user>, MASTER_PASSWORD=<password> ; # # where you replace <host>, <user>, <password> by quoted strings and # <port> by the master's port number (3306 by default). # # Example: # # CHANGE MASTER TO MASTER_HOST='125.564.12.1', MASTER_PORT=3306, # MASTER_USER='joe', MASTER_PASSWORD='secret'; # # OR # # 2) Set the variables below. However, in case you choose this method, then # start replication for the first time (even unsuccessfully, for example # if you mistyped the password in master-password and the slave fails to # connect), the slave will create a master.info file, and any later # change in this file to the variables' values below will be ignored and # overridden by the content of the master.info file, unless you shutdown # the slave server, delete master.info and restart the slaver server. # For that reason, you may want to leave the lines below untouched # (commented) and instead use CHANGE MASTER TO (see above) # # required unique id between 2 and 2^32 - 1 # (and different from the master) # defaults to 2 if master-host is set # but will not function as a slave if omitted #server-id = 2 # # The replication master for this slave - required #master-host = <hostname> # # The username the slave will use for authentication when connecting # to the master - required #master-user = <username> # # The password the slave will authenticate with when connecting to # the master - required #master-password = <password> # # The port the master is listening on. # optional - defaults to 3306 #master-port = <port> # # binary logging - not required for slaves, but recommended #log-bin # Point the following paths to different dedicated disks #tmpdir = /tmp/ #log-update = /path-to-dedicated-directory/hostname # Uncomment the following if you are using BDB tables #bdb_cache_size = 4M #bdb_max_lock = 10000 # Uncomment the following if you are using InnoDB tables #innodb_data_home_dir = /var/lib/mysql/ #innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:10M:autoextend #innodb_log_group_home_dir = /var/lib/mysql/ #innodb_log_arch_dir = /var/lib/mysql/ # You can set .._buffer_pool_size up to 50 - 80 % # of RAM but beware of setting memory usage too high #innodb_buffer_pool_size = 16M #innodb_additional_mem_pool_size = 2M # Set .._log_file_size to 25 % of buffer pool size #innodb_log_file_size = 5M #innodb_log_buffer_size = 8M #innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit = 1 #innodb_lock_wait_timeout = 50 [mysqldump] quick max_allowed_packet = 16M [mysql] no-auto-rehash # Remove the next comment character if you are not familiar with SQL #safe-updates [isamchk] key_buffer = 20M sort_buffer_size = 20M read_buffer = 2M write_buffer = 2M [myisamchk] key_buffer = 20M sort_buffer_size = 20M read_buffer = 2M write_buffer = 2M [mysqlhotcopy] interactive-timeout -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org