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Impact of NUMA on MySQL Performance

Updated May 4, 2026

Short answer

Memory allocation challenges on multi-socket servers.

Deep explanation

If MySQL is not NUMA-aware, the OS might swap memory even when RAM is free. Setting innodb_numa_interleave=ON is crucial.

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