InnoDB page size
As maybe you know InnoDB uses hard page size 16Kb for datafiles and for buffer pool.
However this size can be changed if you need it for your workload.
go to file innobase/include/univ.i, lines:
/* The universal page size of the database */
#define UNIV_PAGE_SIZE (2 * 8192) /* NOTE! Currently, this has to be a
power of 2 */
/* The 2-logarithm of UNIV_PAGE_SIZE: */
#define UNIV_PAGE_SIZE_SHIFT 14
UNIV_PAGE_SIZE is page size (as you see - default value 16Kb). Possible values for UNIV_PAGE_SIZE is 8K, 16K, 32K, 64K. You also have to change UNIV_PAGE_SIZE_SHIFT (according comment it must be 2-logarithm of UNIV_PAGE_SIZE).
For pagesize 8K - UNIV_PAGE_SIZE_SHIFT=13, for 32K - UNIV_PAGE_SIZE_SHIFT=15 and so on.
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Yes. Playing with different page sizes is good thing to try if you’re trying to get maximum performance. Too bad Innodb currently does not allow to specify it for table or index but it has to be global and requires server rebuild. Generally for certain OLTP workloads you might like to have smaller pages as these allow more distinct peices of data to be in buffer pool. For DSS workloads which require large scans or deal with large rows on the contrary large pages could be good to avoid fragmentation.
Comment :: June 4, 2006 @ 11:27 am
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