Reinier,
Thursday, August 15, 2002, 1:13:32 PM, you wrote:
RvH> I have a mysql database latest version from the freebsd ports running on a
RvH> 350 Mhz with 385 MB memory and 1 ata 33 disk freebsd 4.6 stable server.
RvH> I have a database with 5.5 million record in say 1 table. We use this
RvH> read-only.
RvH> It seems that when i do a select and the result is minimal it uses the
RvH> index(fast about 3 sec), but when the result is much more it is not using
RvH> the index. this results in a lot of disk io and taking to much time.
RvH> My experience with msql7 is that it keeps thing in memory with results in
RvH> performance improvement. Can this be done with mysql? When i use top i don't
RvH> see mysql using much of my memory.
RvH> I haven't changed any settings yet in my.cnf.
What about using query cache? If you don't modify the data and run a
lot of identical queries, it would be useful for you. Query cache is
supported since 4.0.1 :
http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Query_Cache.html
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