There are many questions how InnoDB allocates memory. I’ll try to give some explanation about the memory allocation at startup. Some important constants: NBLOCKS=count of block in innodb_buffer_pool = innodb_buffer_pool_size / 16384 OS_THREADS= if (innodb_buffer_pool_size >= 1000Mb) = 50000 else if (innodb_buffer_pool_size >= 8Mb) = 10000 else = 1000 (it’s true for *nixes, for Windows […]
Read MoreEvery so often people ask me the question how should they estimate memory consumption by MySQL Server in given configuration. What is the formula they could use. The reasons to worry about memory usage are quite understandable. If you configure MySQL Server so it uses too small amount of memory it will likey perform suboptimally. […]
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