Checking MySQL replication
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Checking replication delay
Look for the two system user accounts in the processlist. One is the control process, the other is the SQL worker process. The Time: field of the SQL worker process is the difference between the local system clock and the timestamp of the replication log entry that it is processing. If the clocks are synchronized, this is the replication delay in seconds.
mysql> show processlist \G
*************************** 2. row ***************************
Id: 18736
User: system user
Host:
db: NULL
Command: Connect
Time: 5
State: Waiting for master to send event
Info: NULL
*************************** 3. row ***************************
Id: 18737
User: system user
Host:
db: jawiki
Command: Connect
Time: 29
State: Updating
Info: UPDATE cur SET cur_counter = cur_counter + 1 WHERE cur_id = 97735