Is there any way to find out the fragmentation of indexes in MySQL ?
If such an output can be obtained, it would be helpful to identify which all indexes need to be rebuilt.
I'm using MySQL 5.1 on Windows Server 2008
Can somebody please help me.
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Are you using InnoDB, MyISAM, or a mixture of both ???– RolandoMySQLDBAFeb 11, 2013 at 16:55
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If you are using InnoDB, do you have innodb_file_per_table configured ???– RolandoMySQLDBAFeb 11, 2013 at 16:56
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I'm using InnoDB with "innodb_file_per_table"– Minto MohanFeb 12, 2013 at 4:22
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For InnoDB tables, this is both possible and redundant.
It is possible using Percona Server's INNODB_INDEX_STATS table in INFORMATION_SCHEMA. This table shows you the number of pages per index in an InnoDB tables.
Well, apparently InnoDB manages its own pages very well. Upon purging of data it merges back its index nodes. I have done multiple tests to verify that an OPTIMIZE TABLE -- a complete rebuild of the table -- does not actually improve on index fragmentation.
Please see my post on the subject.
By the way, I believe MySQL 5.6 has a similar table built-in.
With regard MyISAM tables, I'm unaware that there's any way of looking at the fragmentation.
answered Feb 11, 2013 at 7:43
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Thanks for your comment. But as far as i know, the Percona server is available for Linux systems only. Feb 11, 2013 at 8:32
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The number of index blocks can be misleading since it usually includes pre-allocated, but empty, blocks. Jul 29, 2015 at 22:09
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Also rebuilding a table can increase index performance by magnitudes, innodb doens't do that on it's own. (8.0.13)– JohnJan 26, 2019 at 18:15