At 15:44 -0400 5/11/02, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Benjamin... > > I get a feel for the amount of activity by looking at the >processes running and the amount of cpu time they are using.. (on >linux: ps xu) > Correct me if I am wrong. I understand that the sort_buffer is the >most important when creating keys... I set the sort buffer to 1000M and >key buffer to 200M.
I guess you want your machine to thrash, then. How much physical memory do you actually have? 1200M? > >Ramon > >On Sat, 11 May 2002, Benjamin Pflugmann wrote: > >> Hi. >> >> How do you define/determine "activity"? >> >> The operation is probably I/O bound. From the message you get I assume >> increasing the key cache matter. >> >> Regards, >> >> Benjamin. >> >> On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 11:00:11AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> > When loading large amounts of data into MySQL there is a period oh high >> > server activity followed by a long period of little activity. While on the >> > little activity period, the process list reads "Repair with key cache"... >> > >> > How can I make the server work harder in this period and get done with >> > loading data faster? >> > >> > Thanks >> > > > > Ramon --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
