536245 Mysql monitor script that can restart mysql server

Problem: my mysql server crashes once a week due to agressive bots (google, baidu...) I would like to run a little cron job evey minute to check mysql status that can bring mysql server back alive after a crash. Something a la: mysqladmin ping if [ $? -ne 0 ] then /etc/init.d/mysqld start else echo "All is well" fi Could do the job, the only problem is that I can't get the mysql up again with 'start' or 'restart' service. I need to reboot the whole server before mysql server runs again. So basicly I need a little help, cron job/script to reduce the downtimes. Server is running on Centos 5.6 with directadmin.