On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 4:19 AM, <dbrb2002-sql@stripped> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Recently I noticed the server takes lot of time on and off when opening and closing
> tables. And I tried to increase the table_cache more the the total tables (file_limit is
> properly set); and the problem still continues and lowering it also continues.. and tried
> to set in middle.. same
>
> Any thoughts on fixing this ? I am going crazy..
>
> Sometimes the threads spin 10-60secs in just opening and closing tables state..
Have you checked to see if your disk is saturated with requests? Try this:
vmstat 5 5
iostat -dx 5 5
Assuming you're on a Unix-like OS.
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