I tried the skip-name-resolve and it had no effect. So there goes my hypothesis.
Here are the results from test: Benchmark DBD suite: 2.14 Date of test: 2002-06-24 11:19:19 Running tests on: Linux 2.4.16-0.13smp i686 Arguments: Comments: Limits from: Server version: MySQL 3.23.51 log alter-table: Total time: 134 wallclock secs ( 0.35 usr 0.03 sys + 0.00 cusr 0.00 csys = 0.38 CPU) ATIS: Total time: 15 wallclock secs ( 3.87 usr 1.62 sys + 0.00 cusr 0.00 csys = 5.49 CPU) big-tables: Total time: 13 wallclock secs ( 3.39 usr 2.85 sys + 0.00 cusr 0.00 csys = 6.24 CPU) connect: Total time: 45 wallclock secs (18.00 usr 8.45 sys + 0.00 cusr 0.00 csys = 26.45 CPU) create: Total time: 119 wallclock secs ( 7.22 usr 2.13 sys + 0.00 cusr 0.00 csys = 9.35 CPU) insert: Total time: 1162 wallclock secs (361.66 usr 103.25 sys + 0.00 cusr 0.00 csys = 464.91 CPU) select: Total time: 599 wallclock secs (44.00 usr 8.76 sys + 0.00 cusr 0.00 csys = 52.76 CPU) wisconsin: Total time: 9 wallclock secs ( 2.01 usr 1.19 sys + 0.00 cusr 0.00 csys = 3.20 CPU) All 8 test executed successfully Totals per operation: Operation seconds usr sys cpu tests alter_table_add 75.00 0.24 0.01 0.25 992 alter_table_drop 56.00 0.07 0.00 0.07 496 connect 5.00 2.44 1.00 3.44 10000 connect+select_1_row 8.00 4.51 1.30 5.81 10000 connect+select_simple 7.00 3.55 1.25 4.80 10000 count 19.00 0.02 0.00 0.02 100 count_distinct 19.00 0.44 0.03 0.47 1000 count_distinct_2 20.00 0.33 0.06 0.39 1000 count_distinct_big 52.00 2.41 1.55 3.96 120 count_distinct_group 30.00 0.80 0.19 0.99 1000 count_distinct_group_on_key 18.00 0.29 0.04 0.33 1000 count_distinct_group_on_key_parts 30.00 0.76 0.21 0.97 1000 count_distinct_key_prefix 16.00 0.29 0.02 0.31 1000 count_group_on_key_parts 17.00 0.57 0.12 0.69 1000 count_on_key 171.00 13.22 1.67 14.89 50100 create+drop 6.00 1.70 0.54 2.24 10000 create_MANY_tables 76.00 2.28 0.42 2.70 10000 create_index 2.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 8 create_key+drop 7.00 1.54 0.59 2.13 10000 create_table 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 31 delete_all 4.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 12 delete_all_many_keys 22.00 0.01 0.00 0.01 1 delete_big 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1 delete_big_many_keys 22.00 0.01 0.00 0.01 128 delete_key 2.00 0.36 0.26 0.62 10000 drop_index 1.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 8 drop_table 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 28 drop_table_when_MANY_tables 3.00 0.39 0.15 0.54 10000 insert 72.00 15.10 8.95 24.05 350768 insert_duplicates 16.00 3.27 2.62 5.89 100000 insert_key 60.00 7.62 2.77 10.39 100000 insert_many_fields 4.00 0.32 0.06 0.38 2000 insert_select_1_key 2.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1 insert_select_2_keys 3.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1 min_max 10.00 0.02 0.00 0.02 60 min_max_on_key 83.00 16.11 2.67 18.78 85000 multiple_value_insert 2.00 0.56 0.07 0.63 100000 order_by_big 21.00 6.83 4.43 11.26 10 order_by_big_key 13.00 7.25 4.73 11.98 10 order_by_big_key2 12.00 7.02 4.38 11.40 10 order_by_big_key_desc 13.00 7.29 4.50 11.79 10 order_by_big_key_diff 18.00 7.05 4.27 11.32 10 order_by_big_key_prefix 11.00 6.87 4.55 11.42 10 order_by_key2_diff 1.00 0.79 0.34 1.13 500 order_by_key_prefix 2.00 0.54 0.22 0.76 500 order_by_range 2.00 0.47 0.20 0.67 500 outer_join 20.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 10 outer_join_found 20.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 10 outer_join_not_found 13.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 500 outer_join_on_key 15.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 10 select_1_row 2.00 0.39 0.26 0.65 10000 select_2_rows 2.00 0.18 0.32 0.50 10000 select_big 12.00 7.13 4.47 11.60 80 select_big_str 19.00 6.42 3.65 10.07 10000 select_column+column 1.00 0.29 0.32 0.61 10000 select_diff_key 76.00 0.25 0.03 0.28 500 select_distinct 4.00 0.77 0.23 1.00 800 select_group 21.00 0.90 0.21 1.11 2911 select_group_when_MANY_tables 27.00 1.31 0.43 1.74 10000 select_join 1.00 0.22 0.07 0.29 100 select_key 77.00 44.41 8.29 52.70 200000 select_key2 85.00 42.51 6.77 49.28 200000 select_key2_return_key 82.00 40.64 6.48 47.12 200000 select_key2_return_prim 83.00 41.88 7.19 49.07 200000 select_key_prefix 87.00 43.34 7.64 50.98 200000 select_key_prefix_join 3.00 1.31 0.84 2.15 100 select_key_return_key 76.00 40.18 6.97 47.15 200000 select_many_fields 9.00 3.07 2.79 5.86 2000 select_query_cache 49.00 4.04 0.41 4.45 10000 select_query_cache2 49.00 3.85 0.33 4.18 10000 select_range 88.00 3.09 1.62 4.71 410 select_range_key2 10.00 3.91 0.74 4.65 25010 select_range_prefix 12.00 3.93 0.77 4.70 25010 select_simple 1.00 0.22 0.34 0.56 10000 select_simple_join 1.00 0.24 0.09 0.33 500 update_big 11.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 10 update_of_key 13.00 2.29 1.18 3.47 50000 update_of_key_big 7.00 0.02 0.01 0.03 501 update_of_primary_key_many_keys 11.00 0.03 0.00 0.03 256 update_with_key 58.00 10.90 7.23 18.13 300000 update_with_key_prefix 18.00 4.10 2.43 6.53 100000 wisc_benchmark 2.00 1.06 0.37 1.43 114 TOTALS 2098.00 436.22 126.65 562.87 2667247 Sincerely, Steven Roussey http://Network54.com/?pp=e > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Widenius [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 4:24 am > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Steven Roussey; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Load problems with 3.23.51 > > > Hi! > > >>>>> "Jeremy" == Jeremy Zawodny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Jeremy> On Sat, Jun 22, 2002 at 05:25:59PM -0700, Steven Roussey wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I have MySQL 3.23.47 running on our sever. I skipped 48 through 50 and > >> tried 51. No dice. It does not handle load, CPU and the load average go > >> through the roof. I'm using Red Hat Linux 7.2 and the official mysql > >> binaries. It appears to be slow to connect, causing 0.5 to 1.0 second > >> delay on connection. Using persistent connections from PHP does not > make > >> much of a difference. I thought it might be the hostname lookup changes > >> so I chose skip-grant-tables. This doesn't actually skip the hostname > >> lookup though and had no effect. > >> > >> Most queries are shorter than 1 second so this problem causes > >> catastrophic problems by making queries last a multiple times longer, > >> which make the number of concurrent queries jump exponentially. This is > >> a bad thing. And sadly makes 3.23.51 unusable. > >> > >> Does anyone else note these types of issues? > > Jeremy> As another data point for you, I've got 3.23.51 running on our > master > Jeremy> quite well. The difference is that I built it from source (to get > a > Jeremy> critical InnoDB patch). I don't recall which compiler the MySQL > folks > Jeremy> used (and which glibc), but my source build used Debian Woody's > gcc > Jeremy> 2.95.4. > > We are using gcc 2.95.3 and a patched glibc, the later one that we > used in many builds before. > > This is the first email I got that 3.23.51 would be slow. > > Steven, could you try to run the MySQL benchmark suite on your machine > and post me the results ? > > cd sql-bench > perl run-all-tests --log > > The file I am interested in is the summary file named 'output/RUN-*' > > Regards, > Monty --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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