You didn't get a response on this one because you didn't really ask
any questions :-)

Baron

On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 4:38 PM, lance raymond <lance.raym...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Man, the forums are good, but lists are just so much easier!  Anyway, I left
> post unanswered now and I need to get this problem solved, so I am hoping
> this list is more direct.
>
> Basically a fc5/mysql4 server is having hard drive errors.  We had a
> slightly newer/faster server, so I staged it with centOS5, mysql5.  The
> server is expanentially slower, and I am trying to see if there is anything
> db wise I can look / tweak.  Basically the mysql 4 server looks to have
> numerous threads running see the ps snapshot;
>
> 25243 ? S 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/mysqld_safe --datadir=/var/lib/mysql
> --pid-file=/var/lib/mysql/classic.pid
> 25274 ? S 0:25 \_ [mysqld]
> 25275 ? S 0:37 \_ [mysqld]
> 25276 ? S 0:00 \_ [mysqld]
> 25277 ? S 0:00 \_ [mysqld]
> 25278 ? S 0:00 \_ [mysqld]
> 25279 ? S 0:00 \_ [mysqld]
> 25280 ? S 0:00 \_ [mysqld]
> 25281 ? S 0:03 \_ [mysqld]
> 25282 ? S 0:00 \_ [mysqld]
> 25283 ? S 0:15 \_ [mysqld]
>
> The mysql 5 shows the following running;
> root 10245 0.0 0.0 4472 1092 pts/0 S 23:13 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/mysqld_safe
> --defaults-file=/etc/my.cnf --pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
> --log-error=/var/log/mysqld.log
> mysql 10281 5.8 1.1 141544 24028 pts/0 Sl 23:13 0:19 /usr/libexec/mysqld
> --defaults-file=/etc/my.cnf --basedir=/usr --datadir=/var/lib/mysql
> --user=mysql --pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
> *--skip-locking*--socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
>
> I first tried to start it by hand with the slow-log options, but never saw a
> file.  Then tried in the my.cnf file and still nothing and also noticed the
> skip-locking option running where I don't see it in the startup.
>
> So all the above comes down to this question(s).  Should mysql5 with a
> generic rpm install run this slow compared to mysql 4.  A query that takes
> 24 seconds is taking more than 5 minutes and I am wondering if it's a thread
> issue, etc. as this is a live webserver with hundreds on in/out connections.
>
> Thanks on getting me started on this one
>



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