Thank you for the info. That certainly sounds like my problem. Time to switch back to the older kernel & see if things improve.
Regards, tom. > -----Original Message----- > From: Philip Molter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 12:19 PM > To: Tom Mattison > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: MySQL 3.23.56 Memory Usage Problem > > > On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 12:10:16PM -0400, Tom Mattison wrote: > : Greetings List, > : > : I'm running a dedicated MySQL server on a Dell PE 2550, dual proc. 4GB > : RAM. Its using the Dell PERC 3/Di Scsi RAID controller with > 18GB disks. I > : running RH 7.3 with the latest updates(Kernel 2.4.20-19.7smp). > The MySQL > : version is the rpm currently being provided by the RH updates. > I have been > : trying to tune the MySql daemon for a week now to prevent swapping. No > : matter what I do, I still end up with about 60GB of used swap space. > : > : Any suggestions on what I'm doing wrong? TIA for any > suggestions/help! > > That's not MySQL causing the problem, that's Linux's memory > management. Of course, in your data below, you have 60MB of used > swap, not 60GB. > > If you want to track the issue with Redhat, check out bug 89226 on > their bugzilla website. > > * Philip Molter > * Texas.net Internet > * http://www.texas.net/ > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: > http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]