Could the problem the Locked data table in this case? mysql> show processlist; +-----+-------+-----------------------------------+-------+---------+--- -----+--------------+--------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------+ | Id | User | Host | db | Command | Time | State | Info | +-----+-------+-----------------------------------+-------+---------+--- -----+--------------+--------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------+ | 1 | goat | xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:62693 | snort | Query | 424668 | Locked | INSERT INTO data (sid,cid,data_payload) VALUES ('2','13305243','00000000450000C10FEF40002F11D162CD9E | | 524 | root | localhost | snort | Query | 424669 | Sending data | DELETE data from data JOIN sidtemp ON data.cid = sidtemp.cid | | 537 | root | localhost | snort | Query | 242922 | Locked | DELETE data FROM data, event WHERE data.cid = event.cid AND event.timestamp < "2006-05-01" | | 542 | root | localhost | NULL | Query | 0 | NULL | show processlist | +-----+-------+-----------------------------------+-------+---------+--- -----+--------------+-----------------------------
I killed 524 & 537, started over and CPU went down. The query is still slow. Do I need to bring the database down to single user mode(I don't know the correct Term so I just am guessing single user mode exists) then do the delete? Thank you, Raymond