Bug #71662 InnoDB background threads should be configurable to reduce power consumption
Submitted: 11 Feb 2014 1:43 Modified: 11 Feb 2014 11:01
Reporter: Morgan Tocker Email Updates:
Status: Verified Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: InnoDB storage engine Severity:S4 (Feature request)
Version: OS:Any
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any

[11 Feb 2014 1:43] Morgan Tocker
Description:
Ubuntu has reported that MySQL can be a significant source of power consumption:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.5/+bug/640472

This kind of makes sense to me, since I know that InnoDB has a main thread which wakes up every second and tries to do work.

It might be an interesting feature request to offer additional configuration which wakes up less frequently, but potentially does more work?

(The aim here is to offer developers a nicer environment on laptops).

How to repeat:
N/A

Suggested fix:
Feature request to have additional configuration.
[11 Feb 2014 11:01] MySQL Verification Team
Thank you for the bug report.
[17 May 2015 10:13] Daniƫl van Eeden
Besides developer laptops it might also reduce CPU contention on a shared virtual machine platform.

This could also make sense in a (almost) MyISAM or NDB only setup.