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Re: cache in mysql Windows

From: Paul DuBois (paulmysql.com)
Date: Fri Dec 21 2007 - 09:38:27 CST


At 9:01 AM -0500 12/21/07, Duhaime Johanne wrote:
>Hello
>
>We are doing some performance tests and would like to disable the cache.
>We did set the query_cache_size=0 but it did not have any effect as well
>as a "select no_cache". The process is a select on MyISAM table. We are
>using a Mysql 5.0.27.
>
>We are wondering if Mysql uses a file to cache or something like this.
>The first request take several seconds but the second is instantaneous.
>Even if we stop Mysql it does the second one very fast. It is quite odd.
>Any clue?
>

You might be seeing the effect of filesystem caching even when the
MySQL query cache is disabled.

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