On Thu, Sep 18, 2003 at 01:57:17PM +0300, Mikko Noromaa wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is it possible to configure MySQL so that it would allocate a large amount
> of extra space for the MYD/MYI files, and then use this space as necessary?
I don't know of any.
> This way the files would need to be grown only very rarely. It would be
> ideal if I could configure the increment in which MySQL increases the file
> sizes (for example, 100 MB, or a percentage of current file size).
Right.
> If this is not possible, I'd suggest to add such a feature to MySQL. I
> believe it would give a tremendous performance-boost for application where
> the databases keep growing.
If seek times become an issue, yes, reducing fragmentation may help.
Jeremy
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