Adding information about checks perform by MySQLTuner

misc/checks.md

@@ -1,6 +1,39 @@
 ## MySQLTuner checks & logic
 
 * Get total RAM/swap
+* EOL MySQL version check
+* 32-bit w/>2GB RAM check
+* Get storage engine counts/stats
+    * Check for DB engines that are enabled but unused
+    * Look for fragmented tables
+    * Look for auto-increments near capacity
+* Calculations
+    * Has server answered any queries?
+    * 
+
+## MySQLTuner steps
+
+* Header Print
+* Get login information
+* Set up some OS variables
+* Toss variables/status into hashes
+* Get information about the tuning connexion
+* Check current MySQL version
+* Suggest 64-bit upgrade
+* Show enabled storage engines
+* Show informations about databases (option: --dbstat)
+* Show informations about indexes (option: --idxstat)
+* Display some security recommendations
+* Calculate everything we need
+* Print the server stats
+* Print InnoDB stats
+* Print replication info
+* Make recommendations based on stats
+* Close reportfile if needed
+* Dump result if debug is on
+
+## MySQLTuner get login information steps
+
 * Is a login possible?
     * Force socket?
     * Remote connection?
@@ -14,18 +47,28 @@
         * If working, and .my.cnf isn't there, **WARNING**
         * If working, and .my.cnf is there, okay
     * Prompt for creds on the console
-* Security checks
+
+## MySQLTuner security checks
+
     * Is anonymous user present?
     * Users without passwords
     * Users w/username as password
     * Users w/o host restriction
     * Weak password check (possibly using cracklib later?)
-* EOL MySQL version check
+    * Using basic_passwords.txt as password database
-* 32-bit w/>2GB RAM check
+    * Password list checks can be avoid (option: --skippassword) 
-* Get storage engine counts/stats
+
-    * Check for DB engines that are enabled but unused
+## MySQLTuner database information
-    * Look for fragmented tables
+    * Rows number
-    * Look for auto-increments near capacity
+    * Total size
-* Calculations
+    * Data size
-    * Has server answered any queries?
+    * Percentage of data size
-    * 
+    * Index size
+    * Percentage of index size
+
+## MySQLTuner index information
+    * Top 10 worth selectivity index
+    * Index Cardinality
+    * Index Selectivity
+    * Misc information about index definition 
+    * Misc information about index size

mysqltuner.pl

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #   Everett Barnes         Tom Krouper          Gary Barrueto
 #   Simon Greenaway        Adam Stein           Isart Montane
 #   Baptiste M.            Cole Turner          Major Hayden
-#	Joe Ashcraft           Jean-Marie Renouard
+#   Joe Ashcraft           Jean-Marie Renouard
 #
 # Inspired by Matthew Montgomery's tuning-primer.sh script:
 # http://forge.mysql.com/projects/view.php?id=44
@@ -1730,7 +1730,7 @@ mysql_innodb;				# Print InnoDB stats
 get_replication_status;		# Print replication info
 make_recommendations;		# Make recommendations based on stats
 close_reportfile;			# Close reportfile if needed
-dump_result;				# Dump result 
+dump_result;				# Dump result if debug is on
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 # END 'MAIN'
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