# Example mysql config file for large systems. # # This is for large system with memory = 512M where the system runs mainly # MySQL. # # You can copy this file to # /etc/my.cnf to set global options, # mysql-data-dir/my.cnf to set server-specific options (in this # installation this directory is /usr/local/mysql/var) or # ~/.my.cnf to set user-specific options. # # One can in this file use all long options that the program supports. # If you want to know which options a program support, run the program # with --help option. # The following options will be passed to all MySQL clients [client] #password = your_password port = 3306 socket = /tmp/mysql.sock # Here follows entries for some specific programs # The MySQL server [mysqld] port = 3306 socket = /tmp/mysql.sock skip-locking set-variable = key_buffer=256M set-variable = max_allowed_packet=1M set-variable = table_cache=256 # table_cache was 256; were seeing opened_tables up to 918 or so set-variable = sort_buffer=1M #sortbuffer was 1M set-variable = record_buffer=1M set-variable = myisam_sort_buffer_size=64M set-variable = max_connections=250 set-variable = thread_cache=8 # Try number of CPU's*2 for thread_concurrency set-variable = thread_concurrency=4 log-bin server-id = 1 # Uncomment the following if you are using BDB tables #set-variable = bdb_cache_size=64M #set-variable = bdb_max_lock=100000 # Uncomment the following if you are using Innobase tables innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:1000M:autoextend innodb_data_home_dir = /usr/local/mysql/var/ innodb_log_group_home_dir = /usr/local/mysql/var/ innodb_log_arch_dir = /usr/local/mysql/var/ set-variable = innodb_mirrored_log_groups=1 set-variable = innodb_log_files_in_group=3 set-variable = innodb_log_file_size=5M set-variable = innodb_log_buffer_size=8M innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit=1 innodb_log_archive=0 #set-variable = innodb_buffer_pool_size=16M set-variable = innodb_buffer_pool_size=256M #set-variable = innodb_buffer_pool_size=512M set-variable = innodb_additional_mem_pool_size=2M set-variable = innodb_file_io_threads=4 set-variable = innodb_lock_wait_timeout=50 # Point the following paths to different dedicated disks #tmpdir = /tmp/ #log-update = /path-to-dedicated-directory/hostname [mysqldump] quick set-variable = max_allowed_packet=16M [mysql] no-auto-rehash # Remove the next comment character if you are not familiar with SQL #safe-updates [isamchk] set-variable = key_buffer=128M set-variable = sort_buffer=128M set-variable = read_buffer=2M set-variable = write_buffer=2M [myisamchk] set-variable = key_buffer=128M set-variable = sort_buffer=128M set-variable = read_buffer=2M set-variable = write_buffer=2M [mysqlhotcopy] interactive-timeout