Re: Redhat 7.2 Linux Maximum Database/Table Size

2002-01-14 Thread Dr. Frank Ullrich
Hi, Jeremy Zawodny wrote: On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 08:51:33AM +0100, Dr. Frank Ullrich wrote: Benjamin, can you also grow MyISAM tables to such sizes? You can. that implies that MySQL itself (and all its tools) is able to handle files bigger than 2 GB? Is that the case with MySQL on

Re: Redhat 7.2 Linux Maximum Database/Table Size

2002-01-14 Thread Benjamin Arai
Yes, all programs which don't have built in limits can go smoewhere in the range of I think 8 TB but I have only tested it to 50 GB with MySQL. As for Solaris this is also true. Benjamin Arai [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, Dr. Frank Ullrich wrote: Hi, Jeremy Zawodny wrote: On

Re: Redhat 7.2 Linux Maximum Database/Table Size

2002-01-14 Thread Jeremy Zawodny
On Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 09:55:16AM +0100, Dr. Frank Ullrich wrote: Hi, Jeremy Zawodny wrote: On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 08:51:33AM +0100, Dr. Frank Ullrich wrote: Benjamin, can you also grow MyISAM tables to such sizes? You can. that implies that MySQL itself (and all its

RE: Redhat 7.2 Linux Maximum Database/Table Size

2002-01-14 Thread Geoffrey Soh
On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 08:51:33AM +0100, Dr. Frank Ullrich wrote: Benjamin, can you also grow MyISAM tables to such sizes? You can. I understand that the RAID option can help break the 2GB/4GB barrier, esp. on Linux machines. But how do you surpass the Max_data_length restriction of

RE: Redhat 7.2 Linux Maximum Database/Table Size

2002-01-14 Thread Benjamin Arai
You don't understand. You need to use a operating system which has a filesystem which lifts the 2 GB limit. By default from every Linux distrobtion I have used, if the OS has lifted the limit then they usually fix all the programs to uses the new file size capabilities. Raid doesn't help at

RE: Redhat 7.2 Linux Maximum Database/Table Size

2002-01-14 Thread Geoffrey Soh
__ -Original Message- From: Benjamin Arai [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 1:52 AM To: Geoffrey Soh Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Redhat 7.2 Linux Maximum Database/Table Size You don't understand. You need

RE: Redhat 7.2 Linux Maximum Database/Table Size

2002-01-14 Thread Benjamin Arai
]] Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 1:52 AM To: Geoffrey Soh Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Redhat 7.2 Linux Maximum Database/Table Size You don't understand. You need to use a operating system which has a filesystem which lifts the 2 GB limit. By default from every Linux distrobtion

Re: Redhat 7.2 Linux Maximum Database/Table Size

2002-01-14 Thread Trond Eivind Glomsrød
Benjamin Arai [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Oh, I don't know how well that would work. But I do know you will still run into limitations of 2 GB, so if you had 2 drives raided then you now have a 4 GB limit which doesn't help to much. I would think the best solution would be to re-compile your

RE: Redhat 7.2 Linux Maximum Database/Table Size

2002-01-14 Thread James Montebello
On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, Benjamin Arai wrote: Raids don't really help Table performance because in almost all cases the bottlneck is caused by the drives access time. raiding drives doesn't increase the access time therefore, you are most likely not going to see and poerformance increases using

Re: Redhat 7.2 Linux Maximum Database/Table Size

2002-01-11 Thread Jeremy Zawodny
On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 08:51:33AM +0100, Dr. Frank Ullrich wrote: Benjamin, can you also grow MyISAM tables to such sizes? You can. -- Jeremy D. Zawodny, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Technical Yahoo - Yahoo Finance Desk: (408) 349-7878 Fax: (408) 349-5454 Cell: (408) 685-5936 MySQL 3.23.41-max: up

Redhat 7.2 Linux Maximum Database/Table Size

2002-01-10 Thread Benjamin Arai
I have been testing Redhat 7.2 Linux for about 3 month's. I few notes regarding the installation which might be helpful for MySQL Admins. - Maximum Table Size: Limited online by disk space. (I have tested tables upto 50 gigs) - Maximum Records Per Table: Limited only by available disk

RE: Redhat 7.2 Linux Maximum Database/Table Size

2002-01-10 Thread Jerry Rehak
All right How do you set ext3 to minimum journaling?? -Original Message- From: Benjamin Arai [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 9:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Redhat 7.2 Linux Maximum Database/Table Size I have been testing Redhat 7.2 Linux

Re: Redhat 7.2 Linux Maximum Database/Table Size

2002-01-10 Thread Jeremy Zawodny
On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 07:22:10PM -0800, Benjamin Arai wrote: I have been testing Redhat 7.2 Linux for about 3 month's. I few notes regarding the installation which might be helpful for MySQL Admins. - Maximum Table Size: Limited online by disk space. (I have tested tables upto 50 gigs)

Re: Redhat 7.2 Linux Maximum Database/Table Size

2002-01-10 Thread Dr. Frank Ullrich
Benjamin, can you also grow MyISAM tables to such sizes? Regards, Frank. Benjamin Arai wrote: I have been testing Redhat 7.2 Linux for about 3 month's. I few notes regarding the installation which might be helpful for MySQL Admins. - Maximum Table Size: Limited online by disk