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How do you increase MySQL performance using current server resources?

I have a MySQL database and some of my queries became slow. Query time is not stable. Most of the queries are fast, but some of them (may be that reads and returns less data) take long time. I know ...
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Should I use a storage engine other than MyISAM to optimise these tables or should I get better disks?

There's a production database I'm working on, whose 4 largest tables contain between 4 million and 10 million rows each and about 15 fields each, with indexes on different field types (numbers, ...
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MySQL table_cache and Opened_tables

I have seen people use the comparison of Open_tables and Opened_tables to assess whether the table_cache is too small in MySQL. However, I believe that Opened_tables is cumulative across uptime, so ...
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Creating partitions on a production database

I have a production MySQL 5.1 database that is running well but I want to improve query performances. I have never used Partitions and just going through the manuals. I have two tables that involve a ...
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What are some key configuration settings for using an InnoDb table for session storage?

I want to start clustering my PHP app servers but don't want to go for a sticky-sessions load balancing setup at this point. However, I want sessions that are persisted to disk and implement proper ...
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Website is too slow when number of records increases?

I have developed a web application called Referral Program, It it developed by using PHP, MySQL. Users can joining the website and when they introduce new members, he/she gets a commission. The system ...
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what does SHOW /*!50000 GLOBAL */ STATUS do ?

What is the difference between SHOW /*!50000 GLOBAL */ STATUS and SHOW GLOBAL STATUS I saw that in few scripts and tuning presentations the first command is being used. Is there a difference, ...
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Restore data from remote server using “.sql” file

I have a ".SQL" file which contains data at a remote server. I could download that file to my local machine and import data in my local DB, but because of network issues, and the size of ".sql" file ...
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MySQL became very very slow suddenly

I run a php/mysql website on a large server 16GB RAM, 3 VCPUs and everything was flying along until today morning when I noticed mysql down. I tried to restart it and first got the "too many ...