RE: Re[2]: FreeBSD MySQL still WAY slower than Linux

From: Shawn Mitchell (shawnm_at_iodamedia.net)
Date: 06/26/05

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    To: "'Daniel Gerzo'" <danger@rulez.sk>
    Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 22:21:28 -0500
    
    

    Can't remember off the top of my head, I'll throw 5.x onto a lab box here in
    a bit and see.

    -Shawn

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Daniel Gerzo [mailto:danger@rulez.sk]
    Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 2:59 PM
    To: Shawn Mitchell
    Cc: 'Michael Vince'; 'Steve Roome'; performance@freebsd.org
    Subject: Re[2]: FreeBSD MySQL still WAY slower than Linux

    Nemam dobru naladu Shawn,

    Saturday, June 25, 2005, 7:26:22 PM, si odoslal:

    > I tested a MySQL install on a Dell 6600. It's specs were 8 GB ram, 12 x
    73
    > 15k rpm drives (Ultra320) on a RAID5, 4 Xeon MP w/ 2 meg of cache, HT
    > enabled so the OS saw 8 CPU's.

    > Every time, a stock linux install (SuSE, CentOS, and Fedora) were always
    > faster than FreeBSD stock, or custom kernel utilizing different options.

    > I never could fully benchmark it running on Linux; as I never got the
    server
    > to max out before my benchmarking machine maxed out.

    > If your using 4.x, add these to your config file

    > options MAXDSIZ="(256*1024*1024)"
    > options MAXSSIZ="(256*1024*1024)"
    > options DFLDSIZ="(256*1024*1024)"

    these are not possible to use under 5.x?

    > I noticed a HUGE difference on FreeBSD with those added, but it still
    > doesn't crank up there with Linux.

    > Also, default linux install's do not make it use more ram. You still have
    > to copy one of the my-xxx.cnf files over to /etc/my.cnf or
    > /usr/local/etc/my.cnf

    > MySQL is developed on Linux, and ported to FreeBSD. That's the best
    > explanation you'll get probably.

    > Your posting a lot of configuration here except the most easily
    > important one for performance in MySQL, thats your my.cnf configuration
    file
    > You will more then double your performance if you just start off by
    copying
    > /usr/local/share/mysql/my-large.cnf
    > to
    > /var/db/mysql
    > MySQL out of the box setup to use a tiny amount of ram and it wouldn't
    > surprise me if a lot of Linux distributions have a much more high
    > performance my.cnf file since most distributions are aimed at people who
    > don't know what they are doing.

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