Got error 12 from storage engine

[jribz]

I'm getting allot of errors similar to the following, they all say got error 12 from storage engine, but I have no idea what that is. Here is one of the errors.

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I am using vBulletin 3.5 Gold with PhotoPost 5.2 on a dedicated linux server, PHP 4.3.10, MySQL 4.1 with old style passwords.

Any clues?

[Chuck S]

mysql error 12 from storage engine error means your server is running out of memory

[jribz]

Hmmm. So basically the MYSQL is crashing due to low memory, hence plenty of php generated code errors while trying to access it. The interesting thing is, the server is dedicated, runs just my site, and has 2 gigs of ram which is almost always under 20%... this only recently started happening, and I think it has something to do with the configuration of either php or mysqld on the server, rather than the actual physical memory.

Thanks for the help omegatron. Now I just need to find some good server file configurations and tips.

[Chuck S]

No problem all I did was do a quick search on the actual error online and come up with the meaning of that mysql error.