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Configuring MySQL (my.cnf) for MyISAM and InnoDB
I want to convert some (not all) the MyISAM tables to InnoDB.
Here is my current my.cnf: pastebin.com/FW8YXtLQ
What would be the best configuration? (need to add InnoDB settings, byecause there are ...
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Issues converting MyISAM table to InnoDB (auto column issue)
I'm having issues trying to convert a table from MyISAM to InnoDB in MySQL 5.6.
The following is the table dump:
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-- Table structure for table `companies`
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DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `companies`;
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Will OPTIMIZE TABLE have any impact on my data?
I'm having issues with a database that is getting quite slow. The analyzer in phpMyAdmin recommends that I run OPTIMIZE TABLE on my tables.
But before doing so, I would (of course) like to know if ...
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High IO when switched to InnoDB
We have query that worked well in MyISAM. When we switched to InnoDB, the writes I/O raised up to 50 times.
The query is type of INSERT ... ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE
I don't know if the problem is ...
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MySQL: replicating to a different table engine type
According to the replication documentation from MySQL, it is possible to set up replication from InnoDB source tables to MyISAM destination tables. Unfortunately, the documentation has little to say ...
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MySQL: OPTIMIZE after TRUNCATE?
Using MySQL (either InnoDB or MyISAM tables--I have both), if I TRUNCATE a table and then LOAD DATA INFILE, should I issue an OPTIMIZE TABLE call after the LOAD? It's unclear to me if this is a ...
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extra steps after changing storage engine and adding index
Someone told me to look into his website for quick optimization; I'm a programmer and i don't have much experience optimizing databases.
I have a php/MySQL site uses the MyISAM storage engine. It ...
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Are there implicit indexes in InnoDB like MyISAM?
If you have (id, a, b, c, d) table with primary key (id) and another key (a, b, c), in MyISAM that means that you also have the following implicit keys:
(a)
(a, b)
(a, b, c, id)
Is this valid for ...
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Large queries on MyISAM tables crashing MySQL
I have a PHP website, which is using the third-party software ResourceSpace, that when I installed it, it used my default storage engine to create the tables, which at the time was MyISAM. Now that ...
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Bypass MyISAM table lock
I have a big MyISAM table with a fulltext index for searching. Problem is that inserting data into that table results in a table lock and in the meantime no other sql query can perform any action ...
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Unable to change engine to MyISAM in MySQL
I have installed MySQL 5.6.10 on Mac OS X 10.6.5. My issue is that MySQL is using InnoDB as its default engine.
I have checked following engines are supported in MySQL:
show engines\G
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How does mysql deal with queries that touches myisam and innodb tables?
In our mysql database, we use both myisam and innodb tables, though there are more myisam tables.
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If a query involves both myisam and innodb tables, will the query use table lock or row ...
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MySQL: optimal configs / methods for ALTER of large MyISAM table to InnoDB (17gb+) [duplicate]
I have a large MySQL (5.1) MyISAM table (13gb table, 4GB indexes - 40mm+ records)
I'm going to be converting this table to InnoDB in a production environment.
The DB is on a cloud server with ...
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MySQL: optimal configs / methods for ALTER of large MyISAM table to InnoDB (17gb+)
I have a large MySQL (5.1) MyISAM table (13gb table, 4GB indexes - 40mm+ records)
I'm going to be converting this table to InnoDB in a production environment.
The DB is on a cloud server with ...
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Which MySQL table to use for read-only, bulk-loaded tables?
So I have a workload on 2 key tables in my application with the following characteristics:
READ-ONLY DATA
The data is bulk-loaded in a fully consistent manner from a single process on a schedule, ...
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Using MyISAM for reading and InnoDB for writing data
I read many articles about comparisons of MyISAM and InnoDB from performance point of view and I decided to use MyISAM for reading data and InnoDB for writing data.
I want to use two structure like ...
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How to increase fast backup and restore of 500GB database using mysqldump?
There is a database A size of 500GB. Tables in database A contains both MyISAM and INNODB tables. MyISAM tables are master tables and Innodb tables are main transaction tables.
Backup and restore ...
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How to check growth of database in mysql?
I want to know is there any method to check the growth of database on file
EXAMPLES
Database A contains all tables in INNODB storage engine
Database B contains all tables in MyISAM storage engine
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MySQL LOAD DATA INFILE slows by 80% after a few gigs of input with InnoDB engine
I'm loading a 100GB file via LOAD DATA INFILE. I've had good success with MyISAM, a few hours and done.
I'm trying it now using InnoDB. The load starts fast at over 10MB/sec (watching the table file ...
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MySQL: To use MYISAM or INNODB engine? (plot twist enclosed)
We use INNODB for all of our tables, but I have one special table, a 100+ GB reference table (only read-queries against it).
We are loading changes to this table in a nightly batch job using LOAD ...
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Set up replication and migrate to InnoDB with low downtime
Current situation is this:
I have a large legacy DB using only MyISAM tables, the size of whole
DB is 4GiB, one of the tables contains over 10 million rows, so it is
pretty large.
The database is ...
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mysql freeze/crash on JOIN
here is query:
SELECT nw.news_id, nw.title, nw.description, nw.url, nw.date, nw.image,
nw.status, src.title as src_title, src.keyword as src_keyword,
src.url as src_url, src.icon as ...
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Which MySQL storage engine is the most similar to ARCHIVE when that is not available?
I have a table that contains a log of events that is written to often and read very infrequently by comparison. I would love to use the ARCHIVE engine, because it is basically designed for exactly ...
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LOAD DATA INFILE blocks on concurrent use against MyISAM tables
I'm having trouble loading data into MyISAM table(s) concurrently using LOAD DATA INFILE. The loading operation works fine in isolation. Trying to do LOAD DATA INFILE operations concurrently, blocks ...
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mysqlcheck to optimize innodb tables — performance/scheduling
I'm attempting to optimize tables on a very large, production database server. I'm looking for statistics or benchmarks on how long it will take for certain sized databases/tables.
Is there a ...
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Choosing between MyISAM & InnoDB - two servers with related tables
I don't want to make a mistake.
I am about to put my website online and I admit I haven't thought about which MySQL engine to choose: MyISAM or InnoDB.
I read here and there that InnoDB should be ...
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Choosing MyISAM over InnoDB for these project requirements; and long term options
Sorry for the long post, but I had to give as much info as possible to make this very vague question more specific.
My project's aim is to let users search a (huge) database of variety of products.
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Is Percona xtrabackup the right choice for my 500GB MySQL backup?
I have a MySQL db with 500GB, consisting mainly of Innodb tables, and one big (200GB) MyISAM table. My current backup strategy is copying the db files to an external harddrive. This causes a downtime ...
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What MySQL storage engine should I choose?
I have a database for my catalog webpage. Some tables are about 3GB with millions of rows.
What engine should I choose for my database, InnoDB or MyISAM?
There will only be about 1,000 new records ...
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Select ``,* from table?
I'm trying to upgrade our database servers to MySQL 5.5. In doing so, I'd like to convert all of our tables to InnoDB to take advantage of several performance benefits.
However, we use VARCHAR(50) ...
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Proper tuning for 30GB InnoDB table on server with 48GB RAM
I have a 30GB 15M rows InnoDB MySQL 5.5.15 table. It is running on a server with many other MyISAM tables (300GB db). The system has 48GB RAM. Besides the default configurations, I've changed the ...
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MySQL table locks solution -> InnoDb / Partitions
I'm experiencing many table locks in a MyISAM MySQL table that is pretty big (Constx10xGB and 15M rows).
It's mainly caused due many heavy inserts. My current thoughts to optimize:
Changing to ...
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Unable to select the records from specific partition in mysql?
I've created a table using the following query,
CREATE TABLE employees (
id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
fname VARCHAR(25) NOT NULL,
lname VARCHAR(25) NOT NULL,
store_id ...
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Optimizing table and choosing storage engine
Having the follow MyISAM table:
+----------------------+-----------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
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Fastest way to copy data from MyISAM to InnoDB
I want to copy all data from a MyISAM table with 16 millions rows to a InnoDB table, that will have a different (optimized) schema. See tables below to see the changes.
However, every approach I try ...
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When to switch from MyISAM to InnoDB?
We have a MySQL 5.0 server running all tables as MyISAM. We have two slaves that, in the last month, we have upgraded to MySQL 5.5. Their tables are also still MyISAM.
My original plan was to upgrade ...
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Optimizing MySQL for Read-Only?
We have 14 GB worth of CSV's which total 138 million rows. I imported this into a MySQL table first with InnoDB, and then tried again with MyISAM. In both cases, a simple SELECT on primary key ...
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Can I have an InnoDB master and MyISAM slaves with Full-Text for searching?
I'd like to use InnoDB on the master, for its transactional ability, but MyISAM on the slaves for the full-text search ability. Is this possible?
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why/how does the number of matched columns influences the way of excecuting a query
Imagine the following situation:
Table A uses MyISAM and contains 4 fields (text) with a combined FULLTEXT-index.
FULLTEXT fulltext1 | fulltext2 | fulltext3 | fulltext4
Table B uses InnoDB and ...
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How to copy a MySQL database which is a mixture of InnoDB and MyISAM to the same server?
Because mysqldump takes forever, we decided to just move around the files. Because the 2 databases are on the same server, a cp will be fast.
The problem is, from research, MyISAM is okay with being ...
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MySQL: reducing ibdata file size for MyISAM tables
My Question is actually very similar to this one and also includes a good answer for a case with InnoDB Engine tables:
Is there any best way to reduce the size of ibdata in mysql.?,
I have noticed ...
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InnoDB vs MyISAM with many indexes
I am not sure if there is a right or wrong answer to this question, as I suppose it severely depends on the situation, but for the sake of a mental exercise, I'll go ahead and ask it anyway:
I have a ...
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How to interpret explain sql?
SELECT DISTINCT TB.ID, TB.Latitude, TB.Longitude, 111151.293413 * SQRT( pow( - 6.185 - TB.Latitude, 2 ) + pow( 106.773 - TB.Longitude, 2 ) * 0.988392289802 ) AS Distance
FROM `tablebusiness` AS TB
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How do I get spatial index feature if I mainly use innodb?
My current strategy is to create another table in myisam that contains those spacial information. Then if I want to find 20 closest business, I'll just use join.
Is this a good idea?
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InnoDB possible error
We are moving now from MyISAM to InnoDB. We have faced previous problems in MyISAM where the index fail and the table is not available for access. So we are wondering what type of errors that InnoDB ...
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Why is MySQL is creating so many temporary tables on disk?
Can any configuration mistake lead to creating too many temp tables by mysql..mysql tuner shows
Current max_heap_table_size = 200 M
Current tmp_table_size = 200 M
Of 17158 temp tables, 30% were ...
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Which is faster, InnoDB or MyISAM?
How can MyISAM be "faster" than InnoDB if
MyISAM needs to do disk reads for the data?
InnoDB uses the buffer pool for indexes and data, and MyISAM just for the index?
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Which mysql storage engine to choose?
I'm confused about which mysql engine should I choose (lets talk about the most used : MyISAM and InnoDB).
The theories say:
Both work with BTree indexes, but MyISAM can work with FULLTEXT index ...
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Mysql: Insert performance INNODB vs MYISAM
I am inserting into a simple small table with 5 attributes and 1000 rows.
I observed when the engine is INNODB, each insert is taking 0.03 - 0.05 seconds.
I changed the engine to MYISAM, then the ...
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Using multiple cores for single MySQL queries on Debian
I am running a MySQL server for tests on a VM (VMWare) with Debian as guest OS. The guest has four emulated CPU cores, so I set thread_concurrency to four.
I am doing expensive joins on large tables, ...
