need help installing mysql

[Robert_Blackwel]

I just got my own dedicated server and I'm stuck at installation. When I installed mysql on my local xp pro box I wasn't faced with these options.... and maybe htat was just cause it's an older version. But here's what I'm stuck at.

It's asking to set the number of concurrent connections to the server. Now, on my test server I've only ever had 1 connection for testing stuff. My site gets about 1500 unique visitors a day, and there are usually around 40-80 people browsing at any given time it seems. One of the reasons I have a dedicated server now is so I can host more content and I'm hoping the traffic will increase.

What should I set this too.
Thanks 😕

[tomhath]

The manual gives some general guidelines. The idea in limiting the number is to avoid overloading the server. It sounds like 100 or so would be enough for now, you can always increase it if your visitor get errors connecting. But 60-80 browsing probably translates to less than a dozen actually hitting the server at any one time.

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/mysql-config-wizard-connections.html

[Robert_Blackwel]

Thanks.