Semi OT: MySQL memory probs...

[Kevin Brown]

> We've got an environment with ALL innodb tables and been forced to use
> OS X servers. They are total memory and CPU hogs. Just hoping there
> were some people that had some insight into OS X server, why it abuses
> virtual memory and how best to deploy mysql on it.
> 
> Me thinks that the MySQL binary has memory leaks... but that's just a guess.

Why MySQL performance seems subpar on an OSX system...

http://www.anandtech.com/mac/showdoc.aspx?i=2436

Specifically:
http://www.anandtech.com/mac/showdoc.aspx?i=2436&p=6
and:
http://www.anandtech.com/mac/showdoc.aspx?i=2436&p=7

Follow up article:
http://www.anandtech.com/mac/showdoc.aspx?i=2520