Because most MySQL production systems probably run on Linux, I’ve decided to place the most important Linux tuning tips that will help improve MySQL performance. There is nothing new here, most of them are well known, however, I’ve decided to collect those Linux configuration tips into 1 blog post.

Filesystem

• ext4 (or xfs), mount with noatime
• Scheduler – use deadline or noop

# echo deadline >/sys/block/sda/queue/scheduler
add "elevator=deadline" to grub.conf

(For more info see Linux Schedulers in TPCC like benchmark)

Memory

• Swappiness and NUMA:

# echo 0 > /proc/sys/vm/swappiness
add "vm.swappiness = 0" to /etc/sysctl.conf

• Set numa interleave all

numactl …

You may think that you already know what's the opposite of "DISABLED", but with MySQL Event Scheduler you'll be wrong.

In fact MySQL Event Scheduler may have three different states[1][2]:

DISABLED -  The Event Scheduler thread does not run [1]. In addition, the Event Scheduler state cannot be changed at runtime.
OFF (default) - The Event Scheduler thread does not run [1]. When the Event Scheduler is OFF it can be started by setting the value of event_scheduler to ON.
ON - The Event Scheduler is started; the event scheduler thread runs and executes all scheduled events.

So if you're going to find it in the DISABLED state and instinctively set it to ENABLED you'll end up with a non-starting MySQL daemon.
Be warned and stay safe out there!

[1]: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/events-configuration.html
[2]: When the Event Scheduler is not running does not appear …

In general, I chose Google Cloud Storage to store web sites MySQL backups due to its price and speed of upload/download in real time

I used the Google native tool – gsutil , innobackupex and some bash

in short : the /etc and local MySQL  backup

#!/bin/sh
# Barcelona Tue Nov 22 17 16:30:36 CEST 2013

days_to_keep=3
NFS=/home/mysql.backups/
exportDate=`date +%Y-%m-%d.%H.%M.%S`
export_DIR=${NFS}/${HOSTNAME}.${exportDate}
test ! -d "${export_DIR}" && echo "$(date) : creating ${export_DIR}" && mkdir -p "${export_DIR}"
export_MySQL_DIR=${export_DIR}/mysql.bckp
export_ETC_DIR=${export_DIR}/etc.bckp
# backup the /etc directory
rsync -avh …

this is a short script for daily backup of the OpenStack MySQL and the /etc direcotry of the control node

[root@dev-epg-rhos-01 BACKUP]# cat /root/bin/epg.innobackupex.openstack.sh
#!/bin/sh
# done for epgmad4@tid.es
# Barcelona Thu Oct 17 16:30:36 CEST 2013

days_to_keep=7
NFS=/BACKUP
exportDate=`date +%Y-%m-%d.%H.%M.%S`
export_DIR=${NFS}/${HOSTNAME}.${exportDate}
test ! -d "${export_DIR}" && echo "$(date) : creating ${export_DIR}" && mkdir -p "${export_DIR}"
export_MySQL_DIR=${export_DIR}/mysql.bckp
export_ETC_DIR=${export_DIR}/etc.bckp
rsync -avh /etc ${export_ETC_DIR}
echo "=========================================================================================================" >> ${export_DIR}/README.restore.with.innobackupex
echo "HOW to restore this FULL mysql backup" >> ${export_DIR}/README.restore.with.innobackupex
echo "=========================================================================================================" >> …

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Thanks to everyone who came. Definitely check out the recording below!

Heyo everybody!

Coming up this Wednesday, October 2nd, 2013 at 12:00pm pacific (19:00 GMT) is another exciting #DBHangOps. Join the google hangout to discuss:

• MySQL Utilities from Chuck Bell!
• How do you constrain over-consumption of resources by competing applications?
• Network vs. Local storage for MySQL
  • How do you use this for HA? Do you use DRBD or floating VIPs?
• Secure connections to MySQL (using SSL) (requested by Daniel)
  • Do you have experience with this? What’s the performance impact?
• PCI Certification with MySQL — what changed for you?
• MySQL-isms!
  • (From Gerry) Sub SELECTs — Why aren’t these as mature as other databases?
  …

Ok, so after all the things that have been announced @MySQLConnect, I’ve got to play around with them. First stop: space (no.. not ‘the final frontier’).

I need more space on my f/s to get installing. I was a bit of a scrooge when I created my Oracle Linux virtual machine, so now I’m paying the price.

Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/vg_ol63uek01-LogVol01
                      7.1G  5.7G  1.1G  85% /

As I’m using Virtual Box, I’ve added a new SATA Controller vmdk of 10G, SATA Port 1 and then start it up.

fdisk -l

Will be able to identify the new & unused partition:

[root@ol63uek01 ~]# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 8589 MB, 8589934592 bytes
 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1044 cylinders
 Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
 Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
 I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
 Disk identifier: 0x00091104 …

Ok, so after all the things that have been announced @MySQLConnect, I’ve got to play around with them. First stop: space (no.. not ‘the final frontier’).

I need more space on my f/s to get installing. I was a bit of a scrooge when I created my Oracle Linux virtual machine, so now I’m paying the price.

Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/vg_ol63uek01-LogVol01
                      7.1G  5.7G  1.1G  85% /

As I’m using Virtual Box, I’ve added a new SATA Controller vmdk of 10G, SATA Port 1 and then start it up.

fdisk -l

Will be able to identify the new & unused partition:

[root@ol63uek01 ~]# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 8589 MB, 8589934592 bytes
 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1044 cylinders
 Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
 Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
 I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
 Disk identifier: 0x00091104 …

I will change my host provider within a month. I’ve been using Midphase for several years and have decided to use Linode as my next virtual private service provider. I will move this site there in the next few weeks. This will be my first time moving a domain and I hope the transfer will be smooth without too much down time. After all, I know my readers worldwide are hanging on to every word I type and deserve a site that runs 24 by 7

Since I will have total control of this host, I decided to use Tengine, a great fork of the Nginx web/proxy server. Here is my note on how to compile and config Tengine on Debian/Ubuntu, and then setup WordPress. During my study and testing, the following sites are pretty helpful.

• Nginx installation on Ubuntu 12 …

And that’s a wrap! Check out the recording:

Hello!

Coming up this Wednesday, September 18th, 2013 at 12:00pm pacific (19:00 GMT) come and join #DBHangOps to discuss:

• Data warehousing in MySQL
  • Shipping large tables from production to your Data warehouse
  • Do you use Federated engine?
  • What other solutions do you use?
• Answer some questions about MySQL-isms (requested by Tim Callaghan)
  • Why does MySQL have FRM files instead of storing them in a data dictionary table?
  • Why doesn’t InnoDB support other page sizes?
  • Why do we store data in a master.info file?
• What are you excited to see at MySQLConnect?

As always, take …