Inspecting MySQL slow query log I found out that in certain periods of time there are a bunch of queries in log which are supposed to be very fast but were actually very slow. For example: # User@Host: ***[***] @ [***] # Query_time: 14.532574 Lock_time: 0.050162 Rows_sent: 18 Rows_examined: 18 SET timestamp=1483014348; CALL get_games(); # User@Host: ***[***] @ [***] # Query_time: 15.287524 Lock_time: 0.008114 Rows_sent: 18 Rows_examined: 18 SET timestamp=1483014348; CALL get_games(); # User@Host: ***[***] @ [***] # Query_time: 15.637633 Lock_time: 0.027461 Rows_sent: 18 Rows_examined: 18 SET timestamp=1483014348; CALL get_games(); # User@Host: ***[***] @ [***] # Query_time: 15.070246 Lock_time: 0.050137 Rows_sent: 18 Rows_examined: 18 SET timestamp=1483014348; CALL get_games(); Where procedure get_games is just a simple SELECT from table with 18 rows and normally executes immediately. MySQL [db_receipt]> show create table game; MySQL [db_receipt]> CREATE TABLE `game` ( `id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, `product_id` smallint(5) unsigned NOT NULL COMMENT 'Гейтовый идентификатор игры', `product_name` varchar(64) COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci NOT NULL COMMENT 'Название игры для печати в квитанции', `arm_url` varchar(32) COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'Url в АРМ-е', PRIMARY KEY (`id`) ) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=20 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COLLATE=utf8_unicode_ci; MySQL [db_receipt]> show create procedure get_games; +-----------+----------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+--------------------+ | Procedure | sql_mode | Create Procedure | character_set_client | collation_connection | Database Collation | +-----------+----------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+--------------------+ | get_games | | CREATE DEFINER=`receipt_adm`@`%` PROCEDURE `get_games`() l_proc: begin SELECT `product_id`, `product_name` FROM `game`; end | utf8 | utf8_unicode_ci | utf8_unicode_ci | +-----------+----------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+---- There are also a lot of other slow simple queries such select a row by primary key etc. What can cause such a performance degradation? How can I troubleshoot a problem to find a reason?