MySQL Server Tuning
Fileysystem Issues
Spread data among disks
Put heavily used and lightly used databases together
RAID-5 or  RAID-10 for data (w/batter-backed cache)
RAID-1 for logs
New CREATE TABLE makes this easier
Logs separate from data
Logs are mostly serialized writes
Tables are updated and used in mostly random fashion
If you have a lot of tables in a database
Use a filesystem designed to handle it
ResiserFS is a good choice
A journaling filesystem
Makes crash recovery faster
Better utilizes disk I/O (usually)
Copyright 2003, Jeremy Zawodny