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Possible to make MySQL use more than one core?
I've been presented with some dedicated MySQL servers that never use more than a single core. I'm more developer then DBA for MySQL so need some help
Setup
The servers are quite hefty with an ...
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Learning to Optimize SQL Queries and Understand Execution Plans - Resources?
I find myself writing more and more SQL queries at work (mostly Oracle 11g, but some SQL Server 2005-2008) and have started creating some pretty complex views for the rest of the analyst team.
They ...
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Tuning dedicated Percona Server with XtraDB for OLTP
Hardware specs for an OLTP DB
dual quad core xeon with hyperthreading
24GB ram
Hardware RAID10 BBU
Software specs
Standard install of Ubuntu 10.04LTS with default LVM partitioning
Installed ...
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MySQL 5.5 - Innodb - innodb_log_file_size higher than 4GB combined?
When reading online about innodb_log_file_size, it says
The combined size of the log files must be less than 4GB
So what happens if it needs to be larger?
In books and online, it says to set ...
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How to Correctly Estimate the Average Number of I/O Operations my RAID 10 disk can offer?
The average Input/Output Operations per Second a disk can sustain is a very important factor in the tuning of MySQL / InnoDB databases, as it drives the speed with which Dirty InnoDB Buffer Pool pages ...