Re: [tlug] Remove Innodb to help server memory

[Sigurd Urdahl <sigurdur@example.com>]

Dave M G wrote:
> TLUG,

> > Additionally, If you are not using innodb tables, then I would highly
> > suggest adding the skip-innodb line to your configuration, as the innodb
> > module a very large amount of memory 
[..]
> I don't *think* I'm using innodb, but that's only based on the 
> assumption that since I haven't explicitly set it up myself 
[..]
> So my question is, do you guys agree with the advice from my web hosting 
> support?

I actually think this would be solved by paging (swapping) out the part 
of mysql that is not used.

So if you run mysql without skip-innodb, and don't use Innodb you'll get 
a little more swap space usage, but that shouldn't really matter for 
actual performance.

kind regards,
-sig