byteMyCode: Snippets for my.cnf http://www.bytemycode.com Snippets for this tag. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:03:06 +0000 1998-2008 en-us http://www.bytemycode.com http://www.bytemycode.com/img/rss_title.gif byteMyCode Optimizing MySQL Using my.cnf http://www.bytemycode.com/snippets/snippet/483/ http://www.bytemycode.com/snippets/snippet/483/comments/ Mon, 23 Oct 2006 19:59:26 +0000 lgrover my.cnf, mysql, optimization http://www.bytemycode.com/snippets/snippet/483/ Mon. Oct. 23rd, 2006 7:59 PM
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When ByteMyCode was crashing because of the traffic load, we started optimizing MySQL. The server had a load of >50 but the processor was all tied up in IOWAIT. We realized that the database was the source of the bottleneck so we increased all of the cache sizes. Now, it is really fast.

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