Hi, I've just figured out after installing MariaDB 5.5.23 on two server (one directly from the x64 binary, and the other using the debian packing) that innodb_use_native_aio is OFF on the two servers. Before upgrading to MariaDB, I was using percona 5.5.21-rel25.1-234.squeeze, and innodb_use_native_aio was properly used. There's nothing wrong reported in the MySQL log. The log with percona 5.5.21 : 120425 3:55:46 InnoDB: The InnoDB memory heap is disabled 120425 3:55:46 InnoDB: Mutexes and rw_locks use GCC atomic builtins 120425 3:55:46 InnoDB: Compressed tables use zlib 1.2.3 120425 3:55:46 InnoDB: Using Linux native AIO 120425 3:55:46 InnoDB: Initializing buffer pool, size = 9.0G 120425 3:55:47 InnoDB: Completed initialization of buffer pool 120425 3:55:47 InnoDB: highest supported file format is Barracuda. 120425 3:55:50 InnoDB: Waiting for the background threads to start 120425 3:55:51 Percona XtraDB (http://www.percona.com) 1.1.8-rel25.1 started; log sequence number 33812567651 The log with mariadb 5.5.23 : 120425 3:41:04 InnoDB: The InnoDB memory heap is disabled 120425 3:41:04 InnoDB: Mutexes and rw_locks use GCC atomic builtins 120425 3:41:04 InnoDB: Compressed tables use zlib 1.2.3.4 120425 3:41:04 InnoDB: Initializing buffer pool, size = 9.0G 120425 3:41:04 InnoDB: Completed initialization of buffer pool 120425 3:41:04 InnoDB: highest supported file format is Barracuda. 120425 3:41:08 InnoDB: Waiting for the background threads to start 120425 3:41:09 Percona XtraDB (http://www.percona.com) 1.1.8-24.1 started; log sequence number 33812411088 (no more line saying Linux native AIO is used) Am I missing something ? Thanks and regards, Jocelyn Fournier -- This message was sent from Launchpad by jocelyn fournier (https://launchpad.net/~joce) to each member of the Maria Discuss team using the "Contact this team" link on the Maria Discuss team page (https://launchpad.net/~maria-discuss). For more information see https://help.launchpad.net/YourAccount/ContactingPeople