Thread:Project:Support desk/Quicker Import method/reply (2)

Well I just boosted my sql server performance by 10 fold, but it made virtually no difference to the importDump speed. :( The upgrade from MySQL 5.1.66 to MariaDB 5.5.3 though is astounding.  10 fold is probably an understatement at how much quicker the site is now.  So happy I did it nevertheless.

STILL, I guess SQL isn't quite the bottleneck? The server is dedicated, and looking at the task manager it seems like cpu usage is at 18%, but 1 of the 6 cores is getting pretty hammered, which I guess is my bottleneck right there. Memory still has a lot free, but I see the php memory use climbing. Hard drive is 3 SSDs in a Raid 5, so no stress there.

Maybe I can speed this thing up if I can get it to use more cores? Any ideas how to do that on a WIMP server?