MySQL Performance Tuning Primer Script

MySQL Performance Tuning Primer Script

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This script takes information from "SHOW STATUS LIKE..." and "SHOW VARIABLES LIKE..."
$eX }(@1g4P,a'gu0to produce sane recomendations for tuning server variables.
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Slow Query Log

Max Connections

Worker Threads

Key Buffer

Query Cache

Sort Buffer

Joins

Temp Tables

Table (Open & Definition) Cache

Table Locking

Table Scans (read_buffer)

Innodb Status

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Correct awk display error which formats integers > 4294967296 in scientific notation.
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Added support for FreeBSD and MacOS (thanks Sam and Geert)

Added support for Solaris

Changed how system memory is derived on Linux.
@O*vCm6B1_0- Use /proc/meminfo vs free -b and avoid inclusion of swap space.

Include note warning of instability when key_buffer_size > 4GB in versions 5.0.51 and lower

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MySQL Replication Slave Delay tracker

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This script takes information from "SHOW SLAVE STATUS" from MySQL +4.1 to show what
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Check MySQL Replication Slave Status

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MYSQL_BACKUP.sh

This script pulls hot backups of MyISAM tables and flushes the binary log files when called with the 'DAILY' option

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