MySQL Insert performance degrades on a large table

Question

I\'m working with a huge table which has 250+ million rows. The schema is simple.

CREATE TABLE MyTable (
        id BIGINT PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT,
              


        

Answer 1

I'll second @MarkR's comments about reducing the indexes. One other thing you should look at is increasing your innodb_log_file_size. It increases the crash recovery time, but should help. Be aware you need to remove the old files before you restart the server.

General InnoDB tuning tips: http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2007/11/01/innodb-performance-optimization-basics/

You should also be aware of LOAD DATA INFILE for doing inserts. It's much faster.