I've been using MySQLTuner to optimize my database, and the only problem I am having is:
[!!] Maximum possible memory usage:
14.8G (126% of installed RAM)
I'm not sure what I should be changing to get this down under my 12G of RAM. I have a database with 110 tables, 10,000,000 rows (growing fairly quickly), and an average of 250 users online. My my.cnf has looks like:
query_cache_limit=1M
query_cache_size=128M
query_cache_type=1
max_user_connections=2000
max_connections=2000
interactive_timeout=100
wait_timeout=100
connect_timeout=100
thread_cache_size=128
key_buffer=16M
join_buffer=1M
max_allowed_packet=16M
table_cache=15360
record_buffer=1M
sort_buffer_size=4M
read_buffer_size=2M
max_connect_errors=10
thread_concurrency=8
myisam_sort_buffer_size=64M
server-id=1
Best Answer
The memory usage of MySQL is quite hard to predict. I would recommend having a look at http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2006/05/17/mysql-server-memory-usage/ which gives an introduction to what is using memory in your installation. But to summarize:
"In fact typical server with 8GB of memory will often run with maximum theoretical memory usage of 100GB or more."
Or in other words, don't worry too much about the maximum possible memory usage unless you start seeing your server swap.