sql file system + optimization

2009-12-15 Thread Steven Staples
Ok... in the file system, my MySQL files are located in /var/lib/mysql/
I have a database (lets say 'test') so it gets its own directory
/var/lib/mysql/test/
Now, all the tables go in this folder. (I know, we *should* all know
this...)

if the database is on another disk, could it increase performance if this
was a large database? If so, could I just 
symlink the test/ directory to another raid array to increase performance?
Or would the increase be negligible?


Steven Staples




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RE: sql file system + optimization

2009-12-15 Thread John Daisley
Yes, you can symlink it. How much performance benefit you get will depend on 
hardware and traffic.

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From: Steven Staples sstap...@mnsi.net
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Subject: sql file system + optimization

Ok... in the file system, my MySQL files are located in /var/lib/mysql/
 I have a database (lets say 'test') so it gets its own directory
 /var/lib/mysql/test/
 Now, all the tables go in this folder. (I know, we *should* all know
 this...)

 if the database is on another disk, could it increase performance if this
 was a large database? If so, could I just
 symlink the test/ directory to another raid array to increase performance?
 Or would the increase be negligible?


 Steven Staples




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