Increase InnoDB buffer pool size

Solution 1:

Make sure those lines are within the [mysqld] section i.e. after [mysqld] but before any other [section] such as [mysqldump].

Solution 2:

Check your MySQL error log for information - most likely located in /var/lib/mysql - also, is this a 32-bit system with the bigmem kernel? If so, you can't address more than 2GB for MySQL.

Also - you'll want to confirm from MySQL itself about the buffer pool size - 16MB sounds a bit off, considering the default is 128M. You can confirm this by typing 'SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'innodb_buffer_pool_size' into a MySQL session for that server. Result is in bytes.

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Solution 3:

In my case the problem was innodb_buffer_pool_instances.

Since I was reducing innodb_buffer_pool_size, it became less than one 1GB per instance, so it ended up rounding it.

When I also reduced the instances, it finally changed the pool size!