On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 16:17:17 +0000 Darryl Waterhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 10:08 -0600, gerald_clark wrote: > > > > > Patrick Marquetecken wrote: > > > > >Hi, > > > > > >I have 3 snort sensors logging to a central mySQL database after two weeks > > >the size of the database is about 3.3GB and the machine is getting slow, > > >as i'm not used to be working with mySQL is my question how far can i go > > >before the machine stop responding ? > > > > > >HP Pentium4 - 2.2mhz - 512 mb, 99% used and no swap, HD of 40GB. > > > > > > > > > > > I f that is 99% disk used, you are already dead. > > That is why it is slow. > > You have no room to do anything. > > > > > To be fair Gerald, I think he means he's out of memory (correct me if > I'm wrong here Pat), but you simply *must* allow the machine work space > to work things out. > Adding some swap will actually help. > > How active is the server? > Indeed its the memory, the computer has only mysql and apache on it installed, not even a graphical interface. There is a lot of data from the snort sensors that is getting inserted, and from a console machine there is a lot of queyring to the db. and for ansewring Jeff Smelser i have installed mysql 4.x on linux and then dit from the commandline create database and then run the create table commands from snort. Patrick > Darryl Waterhouse > --- > Software Development Manager > Orbis Monitoring Services > > t: +44 151 357 7800 > m: +44 7876 390212 > e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Suite 3, > Sycamore House, > Lloyd Drive, > Ellesmere Port, > Cheshire, > CH65 9HQ > -- "Uhura, signal our surrender" -- Kirk "Captain!!??" -- Uhura "We surrender!!" -- Kirk (Star Trek VI) Fingerprint = 2792 057F C445 9486 F932 3AEA D3A3 1B0C 1059 273B ICQ# 316932703 Registered Linux User #44550 http://counter.li.org
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