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InfidelMatt
Tue 15th Nov '05, 10:11pm
Howdy, I'm running this request because I recently took over as sysadmin and things are quite chaotic. I run a LARGE board and recently upgraded to 3.5.1. Users are frequently complaining of slowdowns, and I would like to fix whatever I can.


1. Dedicated Server

2.Xeon 2.4Ghz x4
4GB RAM
2x73GB EIDE non-raid
redhat linux 3
Apache 1.3.34
PHP 4.41
mySQL 4.1.13
3. no innodb tables
4. upgraded via cpanel
5.
20:23:42 up 356 days, 3:53, 1 user, load average: 1.11, 1.00, 0.86
167 processes: 155 sleeping, 1 running, 10 zombie, 1 stopped
CPU states: cpu user nice system irq softirq iowait idle
total 19.4% 0.0% 4.3% 0.0% 0.1% 2.2% 73.7%
cpu00 18.3% 0.0% 4.5% 0.1% 0.5% 0.7% 75.4%
cpu01 30.3% 0.0% 5.5% 0.0% 0.0% 3.7% 60.2%
cpu02 12.1% 0.0% 4.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5% 83.0%
cpu03 16.9% 0.0% 3.1% 0.0% 0.0% 3.7% 76.0%
Mem: 4063284k av, 3974428k used, 88856k free, 0k shrd, 148756k buff
2466928k actv, 872936k in_d, 62392k in_c
Swap: 2048276k av, 436340k used, 1611936k free 2596812k cached



total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 4063284 3955820 107464 0 147292 2605076
-/+ buffers/cache: 1203452 2859832
Swap: 2048276 436352 1611924


Total: 6111560 4392172 1719388
6. Note that I'm sure some problems exist here:[mysqld]
old-passwords
datadir=/var/lib/mysql
socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
# IIDB-specific variable changes:
skip-external-locking
set-variable = join_buffer=2M
set-variable = key_buffer=256M
set-variable = max_allowed_packet=1M
set-variable = myisam_sort_buffer_size=128M
set-variable = table_cache=512
set-variable = sort_buffer=2M
set-variable = record_buffer=2M
set-variable = max_connections=600
server-id = 1
# Try number of CPU's*2 for thread_concurrency
set-variable = thread_concurrency=8
set-variable = thread_cache=16
set-variable = thread_cache_size=64

[mysql.server]
user=mysql
basedir=/var/lib

[safe_mysqld]
err-log=/var/log/mysqld.log
pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid

#End of my.cnf configuration file.
Quote:
mysqladmin -u root -p variables

copy and paste output here

7. Aborted_clients 71
Aborted_connects 33
Binlog_cache_disk_use 0
Binlog_cache_use 0
Bytes_received 384265556
Bytes_sent 804779571
Com_admin_commands 0
Com_alter_db 0
Com_alter_table 175
Com_analyze 0
Com_backup_table 0
Com_begin 3
Com_change_db 1579214
Com_change_master 0
Com_check 5
Com_checksum 0
Com_commit 3
Com_create_db 3
Com_create_function 0
Com_create_index 38
Com_create_table 48
Com_dealloc_sql 0
Com_delete 101650
Com_delete_multi 0
Com_do 0
Com_drop_db 0
Com_drop_function 0
Com_drop_index 0
Com_drop_table 11
Com_drop_user 0
Com_execute_sql 0
Com_flush 5
Com_grant 21
Com_ha_close 0
Com_ha_open 0
Com_ha_read 0
Com_help 0
Com_insert 915308
Com_insert_select 6863
Com_kill 0
Com_load 0
Com_load_master_data 0
Com_load_master_table 0
Com_lock_tables 35087
Com_optimize 116
Com_preload_keys 0
Com_prepare_sql 0
Com_purge 0
Com_purge_before_date 0
Com_rename_table 0
Com_repair 2
Com_replace 111914
Com_replace_select 0
Com_reset 0
Com_restore_table 0
Com_revoke 2
Com_revoke_all 0
Com_rollback 0
Com_savepoint 0
Com_select 22506649
Com_set_option 4931
Com_show_binlog_events 0
Com_show_binlogs 27
Com_show_charsets 291
Com_show_collations 291
Com_show_column_types 0
Com_show_create_db 23
Com_show_create_table 357
Com_show_databases 149
Com_show_errors 0
Com_show_fields 444
Com_show_grants 23
Com_show_innodb_status 0
Com_show_keys 90
Com_show_logs 0
Com_show_master_status 0
Com_show_new_master 0
Com_show_open_tables 0
Com_show_privileges 0
Com_show_processlist 3187
Com_show_slave_hosts 0
Com_show_slave_status 0
Com_show_status 5
Com_show_storage_engines 1
Com_show_tables 1463
Com_show_variables 916
Com_show_warnings 0
Com_slave_start 0
Com_slave_stop 0
Com_stmt_prepare 0
Com_stmt_execute 0
Com_stmt_send_long_data 0
Com_stmt_reset 0
Com_stmt_close 0
Com_truncate 0
Com_unlock_tables 35087
Com_update 2448526
Com_update_multi 308
Connections 1587509
Created_tmp_disk_tables 5114
Created_tmp_files 11861
Created_tmp_tables 514691
Delayed_errors 0
Delayed_insert_threads 0
Delayed_writes 0
Flush_commands 1
Handler_commit 0
Handler_delete 827695
Handler_discover 0
Handler_read_first 1767643
Handler_read_key 1041845441
Handler_read_next 1322129569
Handler_read_prev 8749624
Handler_read_rnd 234562262
Handler_read_rnd_next 3392401860
Handler_rollback 0
Handler_update 5653440
Handler_write 235365383
Key_blocks_not_flushed 0
Key_blocks_unused 166700
Key_blocks_used 231960
Key_read_requests 2806771060
Key_reads 4981979
Key_write_requests 17995020
Key_writes 3711059
Max_used_connections 250
Not_flushed_delayed_rows 0
Open_files 590
Open_streams 0
Open_tables 512
Opened_tables 28408
Qcache_free_blocks 0
Qcache_free_memory 0
Qcache_hits 0
Qcache_inserts 0
Qcache_lowmem_prunes 0
Qcache_not_cached 0
Qcache_queries_in_cache 0
Qcache_total_blocks 0
Questions 29344420
Rpl_status NULL
Select_full_join 569
Select_full_range_join 428
Select_range 5429324
Select_range_check 0
Select_scan 2946622
Slave_open_temp_tables 0
Slave_running OFF
Slave_retried_transactions 0
Slow_launch_threads 8
Slow_queries 3451
Sort_merge_passes 12911
Sort_range 2026822
Sort_rows 715707279
Sort_scan 997335
Table_locks_immediate 38619444
Table_locks_waited 69778
Threads_cached 62
Threads_connected 3
Threads_created 2700
Threads_running 1
Uptime 956143

back_log 50
basedir /
binlog_cache_size 32768
bulk_insert_buffer_size 8388608
character_set_client latin1
character_set_connection latin1
character_set_database latin1
character_set_results latin1
character_set_server latin1
character_set_system utf8
character_sets_dir /usr/share/mysql/charsets/
collation_connection latin1_swedish_ci
collation_database latin1_swedish_ci
collation_server latin1_swedish_ci
concurrent_insert ON
connect_timeout 5
datadir /var/lib/mysql/
date_format %Y-%m-%d
datetime_format %Y-%m-%d %H:%i:%s
default_week_format 0
delay_key_write ON
delayed_insert_limit 100
delayed_insert_timeout 300
delayed_queue_size 1000
expire_logs_days 0
flush OFF
flush_time 0
ft_boolean_syntax + -><()~*:""&|
ft_max_word_len 84
ft_min_word_len 4
ft_query_expansion_limit 20
ft_stopword_file (built-in)
group_concat_max_len 1024
have_archive NO
have_bdb NO
have_blackhole_engine NO
have_compress YES
have_crypt YES
have_csv NO
have_example_engine NO
have_geometry YES
have_innodb YES
have_isam NO
have_ndbcluster NO
have_openssl NO
have_query_cache YES
have_raid NO
have_rtree_keys YES
have_symlink YES
init_connect
init_file
init_slave
innodb_additional_mem_pool_size 1048576
innodb_autoextend_increment 8
innodb_buffer_pool_awe_mem_mb 0
innodb_buffer_pool_size 8388608
innodb_data_file_path ibdata1:10M:autoextend
innodb_data_home_dir
innodb_fast_shutdown ON
innodb_file_io_threads 4
innodb_file_per_table OFF
innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit 1
innodb_flush_method
innodb_force_recovery 0
innodb_lock_wait_timeout 50
innodb_locks_unsafe_for_binlog OFF
innodb_log_arch_dir
innodb_log_archive OFF
innodb_log_buffer_size 1048576
innodb_log_file_size 5242880
innodb_log_files_in_group 2
innodb_log_group_home_dir ./
innodb_max_dirty_pages_pct 90
innodb_max_purge_lag 0
innodb_mirrored_log_groups 1
innodb_open_files 300
innodb_table_locks ON
innodb_thread_concurrency 8
interactive_timeout 28800
join_buffer_size 2093056
key_buffer_size 268435456
key_cache_age_threshold 300
key_cache_block_size 1024
key_cache_division_limit 100
language /usr/share/mysql/english/
large_files_support ON
license GPL
local_infile ON
locked_in_memory OFF
log OFF
log_bin OFF
log_error
log_slave_updates OFF
log_slow_queries OFF
log_update OFF
log_warnings 1
long_query_time 10
low_priority_updates OFF
lower_case_file_system OFF
lower_case_table_names 0
max_allowed_packet 1047552
max_binlog_cache_size 4294967295
max_binlog_size 1073741824
max_connect_errors 10
max_connections 600
max_delayed_threads 20
max_error_count 64
max_heap_table_size 16777216
max_insert_delayed_threads 20
max_join_size 4294967295
max_length_for_sort_data 1024
max_relay_log_size 0
max_seeks_for_key 4294967295
max_sort_length 1024
max_tmp_tables 32
max_user_connections 0
max_write_lock_count 4294967295
myisam_data_pointer_size 4
myisam_max_extra_sort_file_size 2147483648
myisam_max_sort_file_size 2147483647
myisam_recover_options OFF
myisam_repair_threads 1
myisam_sort_buffer_size 134217728
net_buffer_length 16384
net_read_timeout 30
net_retry_count 10
net_write_timeout 60
new OFF
old_passwords ON
open_files_limit 3010
pid_file /var/lib/mysql/ev1.iidb.org.pid
port 3306
preload_buffer_size 32768
protocol_version 10
query_alloc_block_size 8192
query_cache_limit 1048576
query_cache_min_res_unit 4096
query_cache_size 0
query_cache_type ON
query_cache_wlock_invalidate OFF
query_prealloc_size 8192
range_alloc_block_size 2048
read_buffer_size 2093056
read_only OFF
read_rnd_buffer_size 262144
relay_log_purge ON
relay_log_space_limit 0
rpl_recovery_rank 0
secure_auth OFF
server_id 1
skip_external_locking ON
skip_networking OFF
skip_show_database OFF
slave_net_timeout 3600
slave_transaction_retries 0
slow_launch_time 2
socket /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
sort_buffer_size 2097144
sql_mode
storage_engine MyISAM
sql_notes OFF
sql_warnings OFF
sync_binlog 0
sync_replication 0
sync_replication_slave_id 0
sync_replication_timeout 0
sync_frm ON
system_time_zone CST
table_cache 512
table_type MyISAM
thread_cache_size 64
thread_stack 126976
time_format %H:%i:%s
time_zone SYSTEM
tmp_table_size 33554432
tmpdir
transaction_alloc_block_size 8192
transaction_prealloc_size 4096
tx_isolation REPEATABLE-READ
version 4.1.13-standard
version_comment MySQL Community Edition - Standard (GPL)
version_compile_machine i686
version_compile_os pc-linux-gnu
wait_timeout 28800



8. vB is the only thing on the server.

9. Average 250-350 registered users, 200 guest 24/7. Cookie Timeout is: 1800

10. www.iidb.org/test.php (http://www.iidb.org/test.php)

11.[indent]KeepAlive On
MaxKeepAliveRequests 100
KeepAliveTimeout 15
MinSpareServers 5
MaxSpareServers 10
StartServers 5
MaxClients 180
MaxRequestsPerChild 0



12. vB 3.5.1, recently upgraded from 3.0.7

13. Only thing bigger than 2 GB is the 'post' table for vB, and of course any db backups.

Thanks a bunch in advance,

Matt

eva2000
Wed 16th Nov '05, 8:22am
How large is the post table exactly in MB ? Do you have phpadsnew installed as it has issues with PHP 4.4.1 ?

try the following

1. Upgrade MySQL server to latest 4.1.x series - which is 4.1.15 if you haven't already
2. Edit /etc/my.cnf and place the following mysql server settings in /etc/my.cnf and restart mysql server afterwards


[mysqld]
datadir=/var/lib/mysql
socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
old_passwords
skip-innodb
max_connections = 650
key_buffer = 128M
myisam_sort_buffer_size = 64M
join_buffer_size = 1M
read_buffer_size = 1M
sort_buffer_size = 2M
table_cache = 1800
thread_cache_size = 384
wait_timeout = 180
connect_timeout = 10
tmp_table_size = 256M
max_allowed_packet = 64M
max_connect_errors = 10
read_rnd_buffer_size = 524288
bulk_insert_buffer_size = 8M
thread_concurrency = 4
query_cache_limit = 3M
query_cache_size = 256M
query_cache_type = 1
query_prealloc_size = 16384
query_alloc_block_size = 16384

[mysql.server]
user=mysql
basedir=/var/lib

[mysqld_safe]
err-log=/var/log/mysqld.log
pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
open_files_limit = 8192

[mysqldump]
quick
max_allowed_packet = 16M

[myisamchk]
key_buffer = 256M
sort_buffer = 256M
read_buffer = 128M
write_buffer = 128M


3. Install APC Cache lastest version from http://pecl.php.net/package/APC

4. change httpd.conf values from

KeepAlive On
MaxKeepAliveRequests 100
KeepAliveTimeout 15
MinSpareServers 5
MaxSpareServers 10
StartServers 5
MaxClients 180
MaxRequestsPerChild 0

to

KeepAlive On
MaxKeepAliveRequests 120
KeepAliveTimeout 10
MinSpareServers 5
MaxSpareServers 10
StartServers 5
MaxClients 180
MaxRequestsPerChild 1000

restart apache

InfidelMatt
Wed 16th Nov '05, 8:35am
The post table is 2,569 MB, with 81,883 KB of that as index and the rest data.
The post index table is 2,421 MB, with 1,285 MB of that as index.

As for upgrading mysql, I use Cpanel/WHM and in their tweak settings they only offer 'Mysql 4' or 'Mysql 4.1'. I have the latest on the 'release' tree and don't think it would be wise to go around cpanel and upgrade mysql on my own, would it?

Otherwise, I'll try out the new values for both apache and mysql, and install APC and then report back to you.

No phpadsnew, btw.


Matt

eva2000
Fri 18th Nov '05, 1:44am
if you set mysql 4 or 4.1 in whm it will update to latest stable release in 4.0.x branch or 4.1.x branch which for WHM is 4.0.25 and 4.1.14 so selecte 4.1 and it will update to 4.1.14 which has a few worthy fixes over 4.1.13

you can back up your mysql databases first just to be safe