> what was the cost of a miss Yeah, no idea. Regarding "Com_select", it seems to be 0: SHOW STATUS LIKE "Com_select" Variable_name Value C

> what was the cost of a miss Yeah, no idea. Regarding "Com_select", it seems to be 0: SHOW STATUS LIKE "Com_select" Variable_name Value Com_select 0 What does that mean? As for the wholistic approach .. well, the server tucks away nicely. I never experience any lag and all users are happy with the speed. So there is no strong drive to investigate. Computers are so fast these days. A cheap $15/month VPS can easily handle tens of thousands of users per day.