> Hi all, > > For a few month I was using mysql-3.23.39 without any problems but > today the load went up to 25 and higher. I've tried some finetuning > (like shorten timeouts to 5 minutes) and upgraded to mysql-3.23.46 but > in vain. Still after a few minutes the load is back to 25 and this is > the output of 'mysqladmin status': > > Uptime: 778 Threads: 85 Questions: 14882 Slow queries: 209 Opens: > 2838 Flush tables: 1 Open tables: 416 Queries per second avg: 19.129
209 slow queries in 778 seconds is Not Good(tm). It doesn't take many slow queries to have everything backing up waiting for tables to be released. Try enabling --log-slow-queries, then have a peek at the log file to see what's causing these. / Carsten -- Carsten H. Pedersen keeper and maintainer of the bitbybit.dk MySQL FAQ http://www.bitbybit.dk/mysqlfaq --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php