From: Suresh Kuna
Date: January 29 2010 6:44am
Subject: Re: Using symlinks for database creation in mysql
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Not a problem as you are doing it from a whole data directory.

Thanks
Suresh Kuna
MySQL DBA

On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Manasi Save <
manasi.save@stripped> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
>
> I am creating symlinks as database.
>
> I have mysql data directory created on /var/lib/mysql/databasename.
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> on the same path I am creating /var/lib/mydatabase
>
> and creating symlink from /var/lib/mydatabase to
>  /var/lib/mysql/databasename
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> will there any performance issues as there will be quite a few folders and
> symlinks on the same path?
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>
> Thanks in advance.
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>
> --
> Regards,
> Manasi Save
>
>


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Thanks
Suresh Kuna
MySQL DBA

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