HI Brent, Can you please paste your configuration file settings (my.cnf) ? It will help to identify where things went wrong.
Is there any other memory consuming application running on the server beyond mysql ? Regards, KarthiK.P.R On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 4:17 PM, Brent Clark <brentgclarkl...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hey Guys > > Yesterday I sent an email, about '1 client is using or hasn't closed the > table properly', but the problem is actually bigger than I realised. > > We run Mysql replication, and on the second node, Mysql is crashing with > 'mysqld got signal 6' every so often. > > Other than the drives, we have replaced the hardware, and still the > problem persists. > > Googling, I thought it was a memory exhaustion issue, so I started playing > with the following variables and values. > > key_buffer_size=8384512 > max_connections=41 > > But it still crashes > > Mar 27 12:36:53 xyz-web02 mysqld: key_buffer_size=8384512 > Mar 27 12:36:53 xyz-web02 mysqld: read_buffer_size=131072 > Mar 27 12:36:53 xyz-web02 mysqld: max_used_connections=3 > Mar 27 12:36:53 xyz-web02 mysqld: max_threads=41 > Mar 27 12:36:53 xyz-web02 mysqld: thread_count=1 > Mar 27 12:36:53 xyz-web02 mysqld: connection_count=1 > Mar 27 12:36:53 xyz-web02 mysqld: It is possible that mysqld could use up > to > Mar 27 12:36:53 xyz-web02 mysqld: key_buffer_size + (read_buffer_size + > sort_buffer_size)*max_threads = 97828 K bytes of memory > > xyz-web02:# free -m > total used free shared buffers cached > Mem: 12038 11966 71 0 117 11378 > -/+ buffers/cache: 469 11568 > Swap: 2047 0 2047 > > We running Debian Squeeze 64bit. > > I have attached the full crash message. > > If anyone can help, I would be *most* grateful (If you are in South > Africa, I will buy you a meal, let alone a beer :) > > Kindest Regards > Brent Clark > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql >