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MySQL metrics for read workloads

There are multiple metrics that are really useful for read workload analysis, that should all be tracked and looked at in performance-critical environments. The most commonly used is of course Questions (or ‘Queries’, ‘COM_Select’) – this is probably primary finger-pointing … Continue reading

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MySQL processlist phrase book

For your convenience, a short phrase book, starting with explanation of process states where MySQL is mostly working to look up data from tables: “Sending data” – reading data from tables (or looking it up) “Copying to tmp table” – … Continue reading

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query cache tuning

For anyone, who has questions about MySQL query cache tuning, try this tuning assistant: http://dom.as/tech/query-cache-tuner/

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