[ale] mysql and high load levels

[Joseph Andrew Knapka]

Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> 
> Jenn -
> 
> If it were me - and please understand that I have very, very little
> experience with MySQL - but I'd try going back to a 2.2 kernel first.

Seconded (including the disclaimer :-). There seem to be a number of
ways the 2.4 kernels can snafu WRT memory management. When your load
goes up, what process(es) are using all that CPU? I'll place a small
wager on kswapd.

Cheers,

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