September 22, 2008

Fighting MySQL Replication Lag

Posted by peter |

The problem of MySQL Replication unable to catch up is quite common in MySQL world and in fact I already wrote about it. There are many aspects of managing mysql replication lag such as using proper hardware and configuring it properly. In this post I will just look at couple of query design mistakes which result in low hanging fruit troubleshooting MySQL Replication Lag
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Finding what Created_tmp_disk_tables with log_slow_filter

Posted by Ewen |

Whilst working with a client recently I noticed a large number of temporary tables being created on disk.

show global status like 'Created_tmp%'

| Created_tmp_disk_tables | 91970 |
| Created_tmp_files | 19624 |
| Created_tmp_tables | 1617031 |

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