RE: General database questions

2001-12-30 Thread Emmanuel van der Meulen
Hello Roger; [snip] > * Emmanuel van der Meulen > > I'm certain InnoDB is 100% safe. My concern is probably > related to being > > unfamiliar with MySQL/InnoDB. However, I take Heikki's point of > > the access impact of DEV on PROD - never thought of that. > > This impact also very much appli

RE: General database questions

2001-12-30 Thread Roger Baklund
* Emmanuel van der Meulen > I'm certain InnoDB is 100% safe. My concern is probably related to being > unfamiliar with MySQL/InnoDB. However, I take Heikki's point of > the access impact of DEV on PROD - never thought of that. This impact also very much applies to the cpu... I would highly reco

RE: General database questions

2001-12-30 Thread Emmanuel van der Meulen
Hello Roger, [snip] > Yes, but is there really a big difference as long as the data is > on the same > disk & computer? I would keep PROD on a separate physical > machine... Yes, either on a separate physical machine or a different HDD (to curtail costs, I'd first go for HDD). > If the > databa

RE: General database questions

2001-12-30 Thread Emmanuel van der Meulen
Hello Heikki, Thank you very much for this note and your valued assistance. I have the different instances of MySQL running with your proposal to add the lot to a bat file. And yes, if such a option as you propose exists, others would possibly get multiple instances / my.cnf files working more

RE: General database questions

2001-12-30 Thread Roger Baklund
* Emmanuel van der Meulen > I got this to work, I suspect a typo resulted that it did not :) > Well, i.r.o. the matter of risk, if different websites's data is > in one set of files, and especially with DEV, where programs which > still have bugs or with finger trouble, could damage the data in

RE: General database questions

2001-12-30 Thread Emmanuel van der Meulen
Hello Roger, [snip] > > Roger, I attempted adding additional space with a new file under > > innodb_data_file_path as follows; > > Before: innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:50M;ibdata2:50M > > After : innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:50M;ibdata2:50M;ibdata3:50M > > Stopped and restarted MySQL, but

RE: General database questions

2001-12-30 Thread Roger Baklund
* Emmanuel van der Meulen > Roger, I attempted adding additional space with a new file under > innodb_data_file_path as follows; > Before: innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:50M;ibdata2:50M > After : innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:50M;ibdata2:50M;ibdata3:50M > Stopped and restarted MySQL, but this d

RE: General database questions

2001-12-29 Thread Emmanuel van der Meulen
Hello Roger, Thank you for your note and feedback. With your assistance and reading up on InnoDB, I'm getting closer. Further inline; On 29 December 2001 22:21, Roger Baklund wrote; [snip-1] > I think you would need to restart the mysqld server daemon, but > this is very > fast, and can be

RE: General database questions

2001-12-29 Thread Roger Baklund
* Emmanuel van der Meulen > Roger, assuming the database space as allocated is used up and I > do not want to remove the data, but I have lots more space to > allocate, is there a way to extend allocated space in flight? > Or, does MySQL automatically (and inflight) extend beyond > allocated space

RE: General database questions

2001-12-29 Thread Emmanuel van der Meulen
Hello Roger, Thank you for your note and replies. Please see my further points inline; On 29 December 2001 16:21, Roger Baklund wrote; > * Emmanuel van der Meulen > > 1. Assuming the website grows very large with high volumes and > a database > > exceeds disk space, please advise what is the

RE: General database questions

2001-12-29 Thread Roger Baklund
* Emmanuel van der Meulen > 1. Assuming the website grows very large with high volumes and a database > exceeds disk space, please advise what is the remedy? Add HW or remove data...? Not sure if I understand your question... > 2. Seeing as for the said website I use transactions, thus also the