[MySQLD] table_open_cache

table_open_cache

Property	Value
System Variable	table_open_cache
Scope	Global
Dynamic	Yes
Type	integer
Default Value	2000
Minimum Value	1
Maximum Value	524288

The number of open tables for all threads. Increasing this value increases the number of file descriptors that mysqld requires. You can check whether you need to increase the table cache by checking the Opened_tables status variable. See Section 5.1.7, “Server Status Variables”. If the value of Opened_tables is large and you do not use FLUSH TABLES often (which just forces all tables to be closed and reopened), then you should increase the value of the table_open_cache variable. For more information about the table cache, see Section 8.4.3.1, “How MySQL Opens and Closes Tables”.