Mohammed Sameer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm running a MySQL server on a duel P III 1G, with 2 GB RAM.
> MySQL 4.0.18 compiled from source.
>
> We have 2 webservers running apache, And this is the backend database server.
> The server is really slow.
> a select on a table with 138,247 rows takes about 1.6 - 2+ seconds, I have about 50% 
> CPU
> idle.
>
> using MyISAM table types.
>
> sure I can provide any statistics about the running server.
> Do you think that switching to innodb'd help ? Is it a problem with Debian woody ??
> Any suggestions are welcomed.

Does MySQL use indexes? You can check it with EXPLAIN SELECT:
        http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/EXPLAIN.html

Some optimization tips you can find at:
        http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/MySQL_Optimisation.html



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