Repair with key cache

2002-05-11 Thread sup-mysql
When loading large amounts of data into MySQL there is a period oh high server activity followed by a long period of little activity. While on the little activity period, the process list reads Repair with key cache... How can I make the server work harder in this period and get done with

Repair with key cache ???

2002-05-11 Thread sup-mysql
Hello, I wonder whether someone has and idea of what Repair with key cache means. When loading large amounts of data into MySQL there is a period of high server activity followed by a long period of little activity. While on the little activity period, the process state in the process list

Re: Repair with key cache

2002-05-11 Thread sup-mysql
Benjamin... I get a feel for the amount of activity by looking at the processes running and the amount of cpu time they are using.. (on linux: ps xu) Correct me if I am wrong. I understand that the sort_buffer is the most important when creating keys... I set the sort buffer to

Re: Installing mysql on Linux

2002-05-11 Thread sup-mysql
I am not really sure where it gets installed... nor that wether it is all installed on a single location. Try searching for it.. find / -name mysql Good Luck Ramon On Sat, 11 May 2002, Hoa Doan wrote: Hello, I'm trying to install mysql on RedHat Linux 7.0. I've downloaded the rpm.

Re: Repair with key cache

2002-05-11 Thread sup-mysql
Paul I have 1536MB of RAM and have turned off disk swap. Ramon On Sat, 11 May 2002, Paul DuBois wrote: At 15:44 -0400 5/11/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Benjamin... I get a feel for the amount of activity by looking at the processes running and the amount of cpu time they are

Re: Repair with key cache

2002-05-11 Thread sup-mysql
Paul, I dont quite understand what you mean when you say I guess you want your machine to thrash, then. Ramon On Sat, 11 May 2002, Paul DuBois wrote: At 15:44 -0400 5/11/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Benjamin... I get a feel for the amount of activity by looking at the

Re: Repair with key cache

2002-05-11 Thread sup-mysql
Ah! ok, I get your point. I am working with a pretty big database so I had to add a lot of horse power to that machine. Paul, do you have any idea what this Repair with keycache state, is all about. I am looking at the processes and basically mysql is doing nothing while on this stage, however

delay_key_write

2002-05-11 Thread sup-mysql
Hello there, Does anyone know what the MySQL delay_key_write variable do? Ramon - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To