Why?! To avoid a lengthy warmup period after restarting the server, particularly for instances with large InnoDB buffer pools. Things to be added to /etc/mysq/my.cnf: # Shortened warm-up times with a preloaded InnoDB buffer pool innodb_buffer_pool_dump_at_shutdown=ON innodb_buffer_pool_load_at_startup=ON Basically when MySQL receives the TERM signal will dump the InnoDB buffer pool /data/db/mysql/ib_buffer_pool and it will load it … Continue reading mysql: preload InnoDB buffer pool →