Server hanging once a week (Solaris 8)

2004-12-08 Thread Paul Smith
Hi all; I have a Mysql 3.2.58 server running on Solaris 8 (the latest 3.2 version downloaded from Mysql.com). The system is a Ultra-250 server with multiple CPUs and 2G RAM. There are many databases but they're not large and the load on the system is not high at all. We're using this older

Re: Server hanging once a week (Solaris 8)

2004-12-08 Thread Gleb Paharenko
Hello. Very often similar symptoms causes various lock problems. Do you use InnoDB? Try log_slow_queries to find hung queries. Paul Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all; I have a Mysql 3.2.58 server running on Solaris 8 (the latest 3.2 version downloaded from Mysql.com). The

Re: Server hanging once a week (Solaris 8)

2004-12-08 Thread Paul Smith
%% Gleb Paharenko [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: gp Very often similar symptoms causes various lock problems. Do you gp use InnoDB? Try log_slow_queries to find hung queries. I'm using MyISAM tables. When I wrote this application InnoDB wasn't even an option :-). I don't think it's hung

Re: Server hanging once a week (Solaris 8)

2004-12-08 Thread Victor Pendleton
When the database is in a `hung` state, is the file system where the MYI, MYD and frm files accessible? Paul Smith wrote: %% Gleb Paharenko [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: gp Very often similar symptoms causes various lock problems. Do you gp use InnoDB? Try log_slow_queries to find hung queries.

Re: Server hanging once a week (Solaris 8)

2004-12-08 Thread Paul Smith
%% Victor Pendleton [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: vp When the database is in a `hung` state, is the file system where vp the MYI, MYD and frm files accessible? Definitely. I can log in, see the files, run the mysqladmin commands, etc. The databases live on the local disk, not a remote server

Re: Server hanging once a week (Solaris 8)

2004-12-08 Thread Victor Pendleton
What state are the queries in while they are hung? What command or SQL are they executing? Paul Smith wrote: %% Victor Pendleton [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: vp When the database is in a `hung` state, is the file system where vp the MYI, MYD and frm files accessible? Definitely. I can log in,

Re: Server hanging once a week (Solaris 8)

2004-12-08 Thread Paul Smith
%% Victor Pendleton [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: vp What state are the queries in while they are hung? What command or vp SQL are they executing? Unfortunately I lost the output of the processlist command. Whenever the server hangs it's always a crazy race to get it back up again. Next time

Re: Server hanging once a week (Solaris 8)

2004-12-08 Thread Victor Pendleton
Understandable. The state, command and info values from `show processlist` could shed some light on what is occurring. Paul Smith wrote: %% Victor Pendleton [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: vp What state are the queries in while they are hung? What command or vp SQL are they executing? Unfortunately