>>>>> "Scott" == Scott Hassan <hassan@stripped> writes:
Scott> The following patch allows mysqld to support a large number of
Scott> databases (>1000) by using a hashed directory structure. Currently,
Scott> mysqld stores databases as directories are in the mysqld data home
Scott> directory. When the number of databases grows large, accessing the
Scott> databases slows down because of linear directory searching found in
Scott> most operating systems.
Scott> This patch changes the way mysqld accesses the tables to use 256
Scott> directories to store the database directories (for example,
Scott> ./#3d/accounts/.) There is a new flag to mysqld called
Scott> "--create-hashed-directories" which activates this feature. The system
Scott> is backward-compatible because it checks both in the hashed directory
Scott> structure and in the normal structure for the database.
Scott> NOTE: "show databases" command is currently not implemented to support
Scott> the hashed databases.
Scott> This is a patch as of mysqld 3.22.23b.
Scott> Cheers,
Scott> Scott Hassan
Scott> eGroups.com
Hi!
Thanks for the patch. I have to consider if I want to add this to the
main MySQL distribution. (New filesystems like ext3 and XFS will
solve this problem automaticly in the near future).
Regards,
Monty
