While it's easier to measure the impact of Dynimize if you are running a MySQL benchmark with clear metrics, it can sometimes be a challenge on a production workload where you don't have precise performance analytics or metrics available. There are many great MySQL performance analysis tools out there, however they can often take time and effort to setup.

The simple measureDyniMysql script was created for this exact reason, and does not incur any MySQL downtime. You can find it at /opt/dynimize/measureDyniMysql after installing Dynimize. It will report the change in MySQL queries per second and mysqld CPU usage after applying Dynimize. Here is how to use it.

1. Install and start dynimize, and get your mysqld process into the dynimized state. For example, the …

Duration: 10 min

Level: Beginner

This tutorial will show you how to install Dynimize. We'll then use it to optimize a live MySQL process that's been running the Sysbench OLTP benchmark, obtaining a 46% increase in performance by applying Dynimize.

Part 1:  Quickstart

Here's a quick overview of how to use Dynimize.

To install Dynimize, run the following commands.

wget https://dynimize.com/install -O install
wget https://dynimizecloud.com/install.sha256 -O install.sha256
sha256sum -c install.sha256; if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then sudo bash ./install -d; fi

Use your access token to start a subscription license for your host.

$ sudo dyni -license=start …