>>>>> "Alexander" == Alexander Maret <maret@stripped> writes:
Alexander> Hi,
Alexander> we installed a MySQL DB on a FreeBSD 3.1-Stable system.
Alexander> The system has 64MB ram and 128MB swap. The db we wanted
Alexander> to test MySQL on is about 70MB of size. If I do a
Alexander> "Select * from <table>" mysql uses 103MB of memory and
Alexander> doesn't stand another sql query. Now here is my question:
Alexander> What are the system requirements for a db with about
Alexander> 1GB of size? Or: how can I adjust ram-usage? Is there
Alexander> any config option to limit ram usage?
Hi!
If you do 'Select * from <table>' in your client, you are asking it to
get everything from the table and keep this in RAM!
Using the 'mysql_use_result' function instead of 'mysql_store_result'
(or starting any of the standard MySQL clients with --quick) should
fix this.
The memory that is needed is of course largely depending on what kind
of queries you do; MySQL should work good with as low as 8-16M of memory,
but more memory will of course speed up things.
Regards,
Monty
PS: Sorry for the late reply; Until 1999-06-01 (when we come back
from USA), my replies may be a bit delayed.
