MySql performance. 5.1 VS 5.5 VS 5.6 (dev)

Recently had to do an investigation about MySql server performance. So what I basically did was: created a winXP wmWare image, created a script for generating populating sql; installed db server version on that machine and kept track of times while executing sql statements; reverted to the original virgin machine state; start again. The versions I tested on were MySql community server 5.1, 5.5 and the development verion of 5.6. Here is the chart that represents my findings[the smaller the better]:...

09/14/2011 · 4 min · Viktor Halitsyn