Re: Table analysis - Help required urgently

2006-08-03 Thread Brent Baisley
You should look at what MySQL is doing, start by looking at SHOW STATUS and SHOW VARIABLES. The SHOW STATUS will give you an idea how your indexes are performing, thread management, open file management, etc. You can file a lot of info in there and some variables you can adjust on the fly. There

Re: Table analysis - Help required urgently

2006-08-02 Thread Chris
Ratheesh K J wrote: Hello all, I am required to analyze all the tables of our system. I need to know the key parameters that should be taken into consideration for analysis. I am not speaking about ANALYZE TABLE . I am required to manually look into all table structures and pin point problems

Re: Table analysis - Help required urgently

2006-08-02 Thread Martin Jespersen
If i was you i'd start reading the manual. Look under the optimization chapter. Also, brush up on database normalization and look into how exactly the tables are being used - run explains on the sql statements that are used with the tables and see how you can optimize index usage. Ratheesh K J