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Testing MySQL 8.0.16 on Skylake with innodb_spin_wait_pause_multiplier

HammerDB

However in the Skylake microarchitecture (you can see a list of CPUs here ) the PAUSE instruction changed and in the documentation it says “the latency of the PAUSE instruction in prior generation microarchitectures is about 10 cycles, whereas in Skylake microarchitecture it has been extended to as many as 140 cycles.”

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HammerDB MySQL and MariaDB Best Practice for Performance and Scalability

HammerDB

As is also the case this limitation is at the database level (especially the storage engine) rather than the hardware level. InnoDB is the storage engine that will deliver the best OLTP throughput and should be chosen for this test. . maximum transition latency: Cannot determine or is not supported. . innodb_file_per_table.

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SQL Server I/O Basics Chapter #2

SQL Server According to Bob

​​ The storage ​​ space that is required ​​ for the sparse file is only that of the actual bytes written to the file and not the ​​ maximum ​​ file ​​ size.

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