Server tuneup request

March 19th, 2010

  • Having multiple problems:
    MySQL Error : MySQL server has gone away Error Number : 2006
    and
    PHP Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 90 seconds exceeded in ... (mostly search)

    1. Dedicated or shared virtual server?

    Dedicated

    2. Server specs:

    CPU: dual 3.2 GHz Intel Xeons
    RAM: 4GB
    HD: 73GB SCSI x2 (RAID 1)

    OS: Windows Server 2k3
    Web: IIS 6.0 (isapi mode)
    W3WP: 4 processes recycled every 4 hours or every 10,000 requests

    PHP: 5.2.0 (from php.net, not from Zend)
    MySQL: 5.0.26 nt-community

    vB: 3.6.0

    3. Do you have any innodb type databases/tables on your server?

    no innodb

    4. How was mysql was compiled/installed

    Download via MySQL AB and manually installed

    5. your top stats

    Posts: ~2.1 Million
    Threads: ~115,000

    Data Usage 2.46 GB
    Index Usage 929.31 MB


    6. your mysql configuration variables

    [mysqld]
    port=3306
    basedir="C:Mysqlxx"
    datadir="C:MysqlxxData"
    back_log = 75
    skip-innodb
    max_connections = 500
    key_buffer = 256M
    myisam_sort_buffer_size = 64M
    join_buffer_size = 1M
    read_buffer_size = 1M
    sort_buffer_size = 3M
    table_cache = 2000
    thread_cache_size = 384
    wait_timeout = 90
    connect_timeout = 90
    tmp_table_size = 256M
    max_heap_table_size = 128M
    max_allowed_packet = 64M
    max_connect_errors = 10
    read_rnd_buffer_size = 524288
    bulk_insert_buffer_size = 8M
    query_cache_limit = 6M
    query_cache_size = 80M
    query_cache_type = 1
    query_prealloc_size = 65536
    query_alloc_block_size = 131072
    query_cache_min_res_unit = 4096
    preload_buffer_size = 32768
    default-storage-engine = MyISAM
    sql-mode="STRICT_TRANS_TABLES,NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_ENGINE_ SUBSTITUTION"

    [mysqld_safe]
    open_files_limit = 8192

    [mysqldump]
    quick
    max_allowed_packet = 16M

    [myisamchk]
    key_buffer = 64M
    sort_buffer = 64M
    read_buffer = 16M
    write_buffer = 16M


    7. MySQL stats from ssh telnet as root user type:


    C:>mysqladmin -u root -p var ext stat ver
    Enter ********
    +---------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
    Variable_name Value
    +---------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
    auto_increment_increment 1

    auto_increment_offset 1

    automatic_sp_privileges ON

    back_log 75

    basedir C:Mysqlxx

    binlog_cache_size 32768

    bulk_insert_buffer_size 8388608

    character_set_client latin1

    character_set_connection latin1

    character_set_database latin1

    character_set_filesystem binary

    character_set_results latin1

    character_set_server latin1

    character_set_system utf8

    character_sets_dir C:Mysqlxxsharecharsets

    collation_connection latin1_swedish_ci

    collation_database latin1_swedish_ci

    collation_server latin1_swedish_ci

    completion_type 0

    concurrent_insert 1

    connect_timeout 10

    datadir C:MysqlxxData

    date_format %Y-%m-%d

    datetime_format %Y-%m-%d %H:%i:%s

    default_week_format 0

    delay_key_write ON

    delayed_insert_limit 100

    delayed_insert_timeout 300

    delayed_queue_size 1000

    div_precision_increment 4

    engine_condition_pushdown OFF

    expire_logs_days 0

    flush OFF

    flush_time 1800

    ft_boolean_syntax + -><()~*:""&

    ft_max_word_len 84

    ft_min_word_len 4

    ft_query_expansion_limit 20

    ft_stopword_file (built-in)

    group_concat_max_len 1024

    have_archive YES

    have_bdb NO

    have_blackhole_engine NO

    have_compress YES

    have_crypt NO

    have_csv NO

    have_dynamic_loading YES

    have_example_engine NO

    have_federated_engine NO

    have_geometry YES

    have_innodb DISABLED

    have_isam NO

    have_ndbcluster NO

    have_merge_engine YES

    have_openssl DISABLED

    have_query_cache YES

    have_raid NO

    have_rtree_keys YES

    have_symlink YES

    init_connect

    init_file

    init_slave

    innodb_additional_mem_pool_size 1048576

    innodb_autoextend_increment 8

    innodb_buffer_pool_awe_mem_mb 0

    innodb_buffer_pool_size 8388608

    innodb_checksums ON

    innodb_commit_concurrency 0

    innodb_concurrency_tickets 500

    innodb_data_file_path

    innodb_data_home_dir

    innodb_doublewrite ON

    innodb_fast_shutdown 1

    innodb_file_io_threads 4

    innodb_file_per_table OFF

    innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit 1

    innodb_flush_method

    innodb_force_recovery 0

    innodb_lock_wait_timeout 50

    innodb_locks_unsafe_for_binlog OFF

    innodb_log_arch_dir

    innodb_log_archive OFF

    innodb_log_buffer_size 1048576

    innodb_log_file_size 5242880

    innodb_log_files_in_group 2

    innodb_log_group_home_dir

    innodb_max_dirty_pages_pct 90

    innodb_max_purge_lag 0

    innodb_mirrored_log_groups 1

    innodb_open_files 300

    innodb_support_xa ON

    innodb_sync_spin_loops 20

    innodb_table_locks ON

    innodb_thread_concurrency 8

    innodb_thread_sleep_delay 10000

    interactive_timeout 28800

    join_buffer_size 1044480

    key_buffer_size 268435456

    key_cache_age_threshold 300

    key_cache_block_size 1024

    key_cache_division_limit 100

    language C:Mysqlxxshareenglish

    large_files_support ON

    large_page_size 0

    large_pages OFF

    license GPL

    local_infile ON

    log OFF

    log_bin OFF

    log_bin_trust_function_creators OFF

    log_error .xxxxxx-64668.err

    log_queries_not_using_indexes OFF

    log_slave_updates OFF

    log_slow_queries OFF

    log_warnings 1

    long_query_time 10

    low_priority_updates OFF

    lower_case_file_system OFF

    lower_case_table_names 1

    max_allowed_packet 67107840

    max_binlog_cache_size 4294967295

    max_binlog_size 1073741824

    max_connect_errors 10

    max_connections 500

    max_delayed_threads 20

    max_error_count 64

    max_heap_table_size 134216704

    max_insert_delayed_threads 20

    max_join_size 4294967295

    max_length_for_sort_data 1024

    max_prepared_stmt_count 16382

    max_relay_log_size 0

    max_seeks_for_key 4294967295

    max_sort_length 1024

    max_sp_recursion_depth 0

    max_tmp_tables 32

    max_user_connections 0

    max_write_lock_count 4294967295

    multi_range_count 256

    myisam_data_pointer_size 6

    myisam_max_sort_file_size 2147483647

    myisam_recover_options OFF

    myisam_repair_threads 1

    myisam_sort_buffer_size 67108864

    myisam_stats_method nulls_unequal

    named_pipe OFF

    net_buffer_length 16384

    net_read_timeout 30

    net_retry_count 10

    net_write_timeout 60

    new OFF

    old_passwords OFF

    open_files_limit 2048

    optimizer_prune_level 1

    optimizer_search_depth 62

    pid_file C:MysqlxxDataxxxxxx-64668.pid

    port 3306

    preload_buffer_size 32768

    prepared_stmt_count 0

    protocol_version 10

    query_alloc_block_size 131072

    query_cache_limit 6291456

    query_cache_min_res_unit 4096

    query_cache_size 83886080

    query_cache_type ON

    query_cache_wlock_invalidate OFF

    query_prealloc_size 65536

    range_alloc_block_size 2048

    read_buffer_size 1044480

    read_only OFF

    read_rnd_buffer_size 520192

    relay_log_purge ON

    relay_log_space_limit 0

    rpl_recovery_rank 0

    secure_auth OFF

    shared_memory OFF

    shared_memory_base_name MYSQL

    server_id 0

    skip_external_locking ON

    skip_networking OFF

    skip_show_database OFF

    slave_compressed_protocol OFF

    slave_load_tmpdir C:WINDOWSTEMP

    slave_net_timeout 3600

    slave_skip_errors OFF

    slave_transaction_retries 10

    slow_launch_time 2

    sort_buffer_size 3145720

    sql_big_selects ON

    sql_mode STRICT_TRANS_TABLES,NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_E
    NGINE_SUBSTITUTION
    sql_notes ON

    sql_warnings OFF

    ssl_ca

    ssl_capath

    ssl_cert

    ssl_cipher

    ssl_key

    storage_engine MyISAM

    sync_binlog 0

    sync_frm ON

    system_time_zone Central Standard Time

    table_cache 769

    table_lock_wait_timeout 50

    table_type MyISAM

    thread_cache_size 384

    thread_stack 196608

    time_format %H:%i:%s

    time_zone SYSTEM

    timed_mutexes OFF

    tmp_table_size 268435456

    tmpdir C:WINDOWSTEMP

    transaction_alloc_block_size 8192

    transaction_prealloc_size 4096

    tx_isolation REPEATABLE-READ

    updatable_views_with_limit YES

    version 5.0.24-community-nt

    version_comment MySQL Community Edition (GPL)

    version_compile_machine ia32

    version_compile_os Win32

    wait_timeout 20

    +---------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+



    +-----------------------------------+------------+
    Variable_name Value
    +-----------------------------------+------------+
    Aborted_clients 3066
    Aborted_connects 127
    Binlog_cache_disk_use 0
    Binlog_cache_use 0
    Bytes_received 1980103184
    Bytes_sent 1960339711
    Com_admin_commands 0
    Com_alter_db 0
    Com_alter_table 0
    Com_analyze 0
    Com_backup_table 0
    Com_begin 0
    Com_change_db 1324055
    Com_change_master 0
    Com_check 0
    Com_checksum 0
    Com_commit 0
    Com_create_db 0
    Com_create_function 0
    Com_create_index 0
    Com_create_table 3
    Com_dealloc_sql 0
    Com_delete 68585
    Com_delete_multi 0
    Com_do 0
    Com_drop_db 0
    Com_drop_function 0
    Com_drop_index 0
    Com_drop_table 3
    Com_drop_user 0
    Com_execute_sql 0
    Com_flush 0
    Com_grant 0
    Com_ha_close 0
    Com_ha_open 0
    Com_ha_read 0
    Com_help 0
    Com_insert 568996
    Com_insert_select 4256
    Com_kill 0
    Com_load 0
    Com_load_master_data 0
    Com_load_master_table 0
    Com_lock_tables 0
    Com_optimize 0
    Com_preload_keys 0
    Com_prepare_sql 0
    Com_purge 0
    Com_purge_before_date 0
    Com_rename_table 0
    Com_repair 0
    Com_replace 294956
    Com_replace_select 0
    Com_reset 0
    Com_restore_table 0
    Com_revoke 0
    Com_revoke_all 0
    Com_rollback 0
    Com_savepoint 0
    Com_select 5310306
    Com_set_option 1324202
    Com_show_binlog_events 0
    Com_show_binlogs 3
    Com_show_charsets 60
    Com_show_collations 60
    Com_show_column_types 0
    Com_show_create_db 0
    Com_show_create_table 6
    Com_show_databases 0
    Com_show_errors 0
    Com_show_fields 417
    Com_show_grants 13
    Com_show_innodb_status 0
    Com_show_keys 3
    Com_show_logs 0
    Com_show_master_status 0
    Com_show_ndb_status 0
    Com_show_new_master 0
    Com_show_open_tables 0
    Com_show_privileges 0
    Com_show_processlist 0
    Com_show_slave_hosts 0
    Com_show_slave_status 0
    Com_show_status 1
    Com_show_storage_engines 0
    Com_show_tables 46
    Com_show_triggers 0
    Com_show_variables 182
    Com_show_warnings 0
    Com_slave_start 0
    Com_slave_stop 0
    Com_stmt_close 0
    Com_stmt_execute 0
    Com_stmt_fetch 0
    Com_stmt_prepare 0
    Com_stmt_reset 0
    Com_stmt_send_long_data 0
    Com_truncate 0
    Com_unlock_tables 0
    Com_update 1176155
    Com_update_multi 0
    Com_xa_commit 0
    Com_xa_end 0
    Com_xa_prepare 0
    Com_xa_recover 0
    Com_xa_rollback 0
    Com_xa_start 0
    Compression OFF
    Connections 1324151
    Created_tmp_disk_tables 4897
    Created_tmp_files 2542
    Created_tmp_tables 253102
    Delayed_errors 0
    Delayed_insert_threads 0
    Delayed_writes 0
    Flush_commands 1
    Handler_commit 0
    Handler_delete 754726
    Handler_discover 0
    Handler_prepare 0
    Handler_read_first 1046284
    Handler_read_key 317563496
    Handler_read_next 1445630364
    Handler_read_prev 13974956
    Handler_read_rnd 40956515
    Handler_read_rnd_next 3733110383
    Handler_rollback 0
    Handler_savepoint 0
    Handler_savepoint_rollback 0
    Handler_update 2122318
    Handler_write 28335235
    Innodb_buffer_pool_pages_data 0
    Innodb_buffer_pool_pages_dirty 0
    Innodb_buffer_pool_pages_flushed 0
    Innodb_buffer_pool_pages_free 0
    Innodb_buffer_pool_pages_latched 0
    Innodb_buffer_pool_pages_misc 0
    Innodb_buffer_pool_pages_total 0
    Innodb_buffer_pool_read_ahead_rnd 0
    Innodb_buffer_pool_read_ahead_seq 0
    Innodb_buffer_pool_read_requests 0
    Innodb_buffer_pool_reads 0
    Innodb_buffer_pool_wait_free 0
    Innodb_buffer_pool_write_requests 0
    Innodb_data_fsyncs 0
    Innodb_data_pending_fsyncs 0
    Innodb_data_pending_reads 0
    Innodb_data_pending_writes 0
    Innodb_data_read 0
    Innodb_data_reads 0
    Innodb_data_writes 0
    Innodb_data_written 0
    Innodb_dblwr_pages_written 0
    Innodb_dblwr_writes 0
    Innodb_log_waits 0
    Innodb_log_write_requests 0
    Innodb_log_writes 0
    Innodb_os_log_fsyncs 0
    Innodb_os_log_pending_fsyncs 0
    Innodb_os_log_pending_writes 0
    Innodb_os_log_written 0
    Innodb_page_size 0
    Innodb_pages_created 0
    Innodb_pages_read 0
    Innodb_pages_written 0
    Innodb_row_lock_current_waits 0
    Innodb_row_lock_time 0
    Innodb_row_lock_time_avg 0
    Innodb_row_lock_time_max 0
    Innodb_row_lock_waits 0
    Innodb_rows_deleted 0
    Innodb_rows_inserted 0
    Innodb_rows_read 0
    Innodb_rows_updated 0
    Key_blocks_not_flushed 0
    Key_blocks_unused 199318
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    Key_read_requests 1386204386
    Key_reads 14398949
    Key_write_requests 3902497
    Key_writes 2583042
    Last_query_cost 0.000000
    Max_used_connections 184
    Not_flushed_delayed_rows 0
    Open_files 138
    Open_streams 0
    Open_tables 81
    Opened_tables 35424
    Qcache_free_blocks 5184
    Qcache_free_memory 57010064
    Qcache_hits 6238902
    Qcache_inserts 5305215
    Qcache_lowmem_prunes 166208
    Qcache_not_cached 5864
    Qcache_queries_in_cache 13317
    Qcache_total_blocks 32183
    Questions 17633750
    Rpl_status NULL
    Select_full_join 39597
    Select_full_range_join 0
    Select_range 1310802
    Select_range_check 0
    Select_scan 773339
    Slave_open_temp_tables 0
    Slave_retried_transactions 0
    Slave_running OFF
    Slow_launch_threads 0
    Slow_queries 95
    Sort_merge_passes 1271
    Sort_range 1104354
    Sort_rows 135988015
    Sort_scan 160664
    Ssl_accept_renegotiates 0
    Ssl_accepts 0
    Ssl_callback_cache_hits 0
    Ssl_cipher
    Ssl_cipher_list
    Ssl_client_connects 0
    Ssl_connect_renegotiates 0
    Ssl_ctx_verify_depth 0
    Ssl_ctx_verify_mode 0
    Ssl_default_timeout 0
    Ssl_finished_accepts 0
    Ssl_finished_connects 0
    Ssl_session_cache_hits 0
    Ssl_session_cache_misses 0
    Ssl_session_cache_mode NONE
    Ssl_session_cache_overflows 0
    Ssl_session_cache_size 0
    Ssl_session_cache_timeouts 0
    Ssl_sessions_reused 0
    Ssl_used_session_cache_entries 0
    Ssl_verify_depth 0
    Ssl_verify_mode 0
    Ssl_version
    Table_locks_immediate 14407218
    Table_locks_waited 13834
    Tc_log_max_pages_used 0
    Tc_log_page_size 0
    Tc_log_page_waits 0
    Threads_cached 180
    Threads_connected 4
    Threads_created 184
    Threads_running 1
    Uptime 666789
    +-----------------------------------+------------+
    Uptime: 666789 Threads: 3 Questions: 17633760 Slow queries: 95 Opens: 35424
    Flush tables: 1 Open tables: 81 Queries per second avg: 26.446
    mysqladmin Ver 8.41 Distrib 5.0.24, for Win32 on ia32
    (C) 2000 MySQL AB & MySQL Finland AB & TCX DataKonsult AB
    This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software,
    and you are welcome to modify and redistribute it under the GPL license

    Server version 5.0.24-community-nt
    Protocol version 10
    Connection localhost via TCP/IP
    TCP port 3306
    Uptime: 7 days 17 hours 13 min 9 sec

    Threads: 3 Questions: 17633760 Slow queries: 95 Opens: 35424 Flush tables: 1
    Open tables: 81 Queries per second avg: 26.446

    C:>

    8. is your vB the only thing on the server?

    yes

    9. how many average and max concurrent users on your vB forum ? and what your cookie timeout is ?

    Avg: ~400 users
    Max: ~1200
    Cookie: 900 sec

    10. Post a url/link to phpinfo from your web site

    http://tinyurl.com/yzjnfo

    11. if you run Apache

    n/a

    12. what version of vB are you running?

    vB 3.6.0

    13. check to see if any files hitting 2GB or 4GB max file size limits

    no

    14. Post output from these 3 commands

    n/a


  • Must of slipped through the crack this thread..:o

    for mysql gone away it's due to wait_timeout value being too low... keep raising the value by 90 second increments in my.cnf and restarting mysql and until the error goes away

    Try

    1. Upgrade MySQL server to latest MySQL 5.x server = 5.0.27 http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-cs-5-0-27.html
    2. Ensure PHP 5.2.0 is installed as ISAPI module
    3. Edit /etc/my.cnf and place the following mysql server settings in /etc/my.cnf and restart mysql server afterwards


    [mysqld]
    [mysqld]
    port=3306
    basedir="C:Mysqlxx"
    datadir="C:MysqlxxData"
    back_log = 75
    skip-innodb
    max_connections = 650
    key_buffer = 256M
    myisam_sort_buffer_size = 64M
    join_buffer_size = 1M
    read_buffer_size = 1M
    sort_buffer_size = 3M
    table_cache = 2500
    thread_cache_size = 512
    wait_timeout = 180
    connect_timeout = 10
    tmp_table_size = 384M
    max_heap_table_size = 128M
    max_allowed_packet = 80M
    max_connect_errors = 10
    read_rnd_buffer_size = 1M
    bulk_insert_buffer_size = 8M
    query_cache_limit = 4M
    query_cache_size = 80M
    query_cache_type = 1
    query_prealloc_size = 65536
    query_alloc_block_size = 131072
    query_cache_min_res_unit = 4096
    preload_buffer_size = 32768
    default-storage-engine = MyISAM
    sql-mode="STRICT_TRANS_TABLES,NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_ENGINE_ SUBSTITUTION"

    [mysqld_safe]
    open_files_limit = 8192

    [mysqldump]
    quick
    max_allowed_packet = 16M

    [myisamchk]
    key_buffer = 64M
    sort_buffer = 64M
    read_buffer = 16M
    write_buffer = 16M


    4. Install Xcache which seems to be a bit faster than APC Cache - http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=213267 and remove APC and eaccelerator

    5. Upgrade to vB 3.6.4 http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=209717 if you're on vB 3.6.x

    6. If you just upgraded to vB 3.5.x/3.6.x try to disable these 4 options:

    Admin CP -> vBulletin Options -> Forums Home Page Options -> Display Logged in Users?

    Admin CP -> vBulletin Options -> Forum Display Options (forumdisplay) -> Show Users Browsing Forums

    Admin CP -> vBulletin Options -> Thread Display Options -> Show Users Browsing Thread

    Admin CP -> vBulletin Options -> Message Searching Options -> Automatic Similar Thread search


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