Hello Bryce, Thursday, October 10, 2002, 8:14:22 AM, you wrote:
BC> I have a mysql + php + apache server that is under BC> heavy load. BC> I have a script that runs every minute to deterimine BC> if the load is above a certain value (or if swap is BC> high) and if so, it kills all the httpd processes, BC> does /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql stop BC> The script then starts everything back up again. BC> I am curious if there is a better way to restart mysql [] I can say that solving performance/load problems by resetting SQL server or web server is a totally wrong solution. The Right Way(tm) is to fine-tune both MySQL and Apache to fit in memory/CPU load - this way you'll get much better performance and reliability! So you can take a look at http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/MySQL_Optimisation.html -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Egor Egorov / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net <___/ www.mysql.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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