From: Dan Nelson Date: September 9 2003 11:23pm Subject: Re: How much memory does MySQL need? List-Archive: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/149377 Message-Id: <20030909232342.GA48339@dan.emsphone.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In the last episode (Sep 09), Bill Todd said: > I know, I know, with database servers more is always better. However, > assume I need to deploy MySQL using InnoDB to multiple sites. Hardware cost > is a significant consideration. Is there any information available on > MySQL's memory requirements? Most database vendors give you something as a > starting point but I could not find any information in the MySQL Manual. http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Memory_use.html http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Server_parameters.html You can tune it to use as little as 32MB or as much memory as you have available. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@stripped