WordPress Single Database testing:
Environment: XAMPP Local Development Server. Note: My XAMPP installation uses MySQL DB version: 5.6.16 with InnoDB tables, which does not have Update Time. MySQL 5.7.2 has added Update Time for the InnoDB Engine.
Single Database Name: single-db
XAMPP Test sites: Demo17 and Demo18
Test site DB Table Prefixes: demo17_ and demo18_
Demo17 Test Site DB Monitor option settings:
Table Name | Check By | Frequency | Next Check |
---|---|---|---|
demo17_commentmeta | Table Size | 5 Minutes | September 5, 2015 @ 9:14 am |
demo17_comments | Table Size | 5 Minutes | September 5, 2015 @ 9:14 am |
demo17_links | Table Size | 5 Minutes | September 5, 2015 @ 9:14 am |
demo17_options | Table Size | 5 Minutes | September 5, 2015 @ 9:14 am |
demo17_postmeta | Table Size | 5 Minutes | September 5, 2015 @ 9:14 am |
demo17_posts | Table Size | 5 Minutes | September 5, 2015 @ 9:14 am |
demo17_term_relationships | Table Size | 5 Minutes | September 5, 2015 @ 9:14 am |
demo17_term_taxonomy | Table Size | 5 Minutes | September 5, 2015 @ 9:14 am |
demo17_terms | Table Size | 5 Minutes | September 5, 2015 @ 9:14 am |
demo17_usermeta | Table Size | 5 Minutes | September 5, 2015 @ 9:14 am |
demo17_users | Table Size | 5 Minutes | September 5, 2015 @ 9:14 am |
Demo18 Test Site DB Monitor option settings:
Table Name | Check By | Frequency | Next Check |
---|---|---|---|
demo18_commentmeta | Table Size | 5 Minutes | September 5, 2015 @ 9:13 am |
demo18_comments | Table Size | 5 Minutes | September 5, 2015 @ 9:13 am |
demo18_links | Table Size | 5 Minutes | September 5, 2015 @ 9:13 am |
demo18_options | Table Size | 5 Minutes | September 5, 2015 @ 9:13 am |
demo18_postmeta | Table Size | 5 Minutes | September 5, 2015 @ 9:13 am |
demo18_posts | Table Size | 5 Minutes | September 5, 2015 @ 9:13 am |
demo18_term_relationships | Table Size | 5 Minutes | September 5, 2015 @ 9:13 am |
demo18_term_taxonomy | Table Size | 5 Minutes | September 5, 2015 @ 9:13 am |
demo18_terms | Table Size | 5 Minutes | September 5, 2015 @ 9:13 am |
demo18_usermeta | Table Size | 5 Minutes | September 5, 2015 @ 9:13 am |
demo18_users | Table Size | 5 Minutes | September 5, 2015 @ 9:13 am |
Test Results:
Demo17 Site:
The NextGen Gallery plugin was installed on the Demo17 site and a New DB Table Created log entry was logged and an email was sent. The demo17_posts DB Table size changed and a New DB Table Created log entry was logged and an email was sent.
[New DB Table Created - Cron Check Time September 5, 2015 - 8:48 am] New DB Table Created Name: demo17_ngg_gallery New DB Table Actual Create Time: 2015-09-05 08:39:00 DB Monitor Guide: http://forum.ait-pro.com/forums/topic/database-monitor-dbm-guide/ [DB Monitor Log File Zip and Email Successful: September 5, 2015 - 8:48 am] Your DB Monitor Log file has been successfully zipped and emailed to you [DB Table Size Change - Cron Check Time: September 5, 2015 - 9:10 am] DB Table Name: demo17_posts Previous DB Table Size: 404688 bytes Current DB Table Size: 114688 bytes DB Monitor Guide: http://forum.ait-pro.com/forums/topic/database-monitor-dbm-guide/ [DB Monitor Log File Zip and Email Successful: September 5, 2015 - 9:10 am] Your DB Monitor Log file has been successfully zipped and emailed to you
Demo18 Site:
The demo18_links DB Table size changed and a New DB Table Created log entry was logged and an email was sent.
[DB Table Size Change - Cron Check Time: September 5, 2015 - 9:09 am] DB Table Name: demo18_links Previous DB Table Size: 80768 bytes Current DB Table Size: 32768 bytes DB Monitor Guide: http://forum.ait-pro.com/forums/topic/database-monitor-dbm-guide/ [DB Monitor Log File Zip and Email Successful: September 5, 2015 - 9:09 am] Your DB Monitor Log file has been successfully zipped and emailed to you
Test Summary:
Each individual test site is monitoring its own database tables and logs database entries and sends emails for the DB tables that are monitored by each individual site. The original issue with DBM checking too generally still remains. The future of the DBM IDS is that the log entry and email will contain exactly what has changed: The previous and current database values, etc. There is no ETA for when this additional work for the DBM IDS will occur/be done/completed.