The number of regions that the InnoDB buffer
pool is divided into. For systems with buffer pools in the multi-gigabyte range, dividing the buffer pool into separate instances can improve concurrency, by reducing contention as different threads read and write to cached pages. Each page that is stored
in or read from the buffer pool is assigned to one of the buffer pool instances randomly, using a hashing function. Each buffer pool manages its own free lists, flush lists, LRUs, and all other data structures connected to a buffer pool, and is protected by
its own buffer pool mutex.
This option takes effect only when you set the innodb_buffer_pool_size to
a size of 1 gigabyte or more. The total size you specify is divided among all the buffer pools. For best efficiency, specify a combination ofinnodb_buffer_pool_instances and innodb_buffer_pool_size so
that each buffer pool instance is at least 1 gigabyte.
