Are you running MySQL on Debian or Ubuntu with InnoDB? You might want to disable /etc/mysql/debian-start. When you run /etc… from competing. My chosen strategy for this was to set innodb_flush_method=O_DIRECT. We could also tune the OS, but in…. Why is that happening? Look at SHOW INNODB STATUS: ===================================== 090128 8:29:03 INNODB MONITOR OUTPUT ===================================== Per second averages calculated from the…