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I've just set some innodb settings in my.cnf and restarted the server but they haven't taken effect.

What's the correct way to do this?

I did:

sudo vi /etc/mysql/my.cnf

saved the file, and then ran sudo /etc/init.d/mysql restart

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without knowing more details of what you changed, and assuming your mysql reads the /etc/mysql/my.cnf file fine (I don't know Ubuntu), the only thing I can think of is where you placed the innodb settings. Are the settings in the [mysqld] group?

According to the manual : "You can place InnoDB options in the [mysqld] group of any option file that your server reads when it starts."

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Yes, this is what should be done normally!

Did you check the result of the second command sudo /etc/init.d/mysql restart? It can fail sometimes. You can confirm this by listing the pid value of mysql process before and after restarting it.

$ ps -ef | grep mysql
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Look at this information in the MySQL reference: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/option-files.html

It explains where MySQL looks for your cnf file. Use this info to confirm that MySQL is using the cnf file you think it is.

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