Re: Two databases, two disks

2008-04-06 Thread Baron Schwartz
Hi Reuven, Michael is warning you against using SMB or NFS for your data directory, in case you were thinking of doing so. I know you didn't mention that but I think he was trying to be helpful just in case you got the idea to use one of these technologies. Baron 2008/4/1 Reuven Nisser <[EMAIL

Re: Two databases, two disks

2008-04-01 Thread Reuven Nisser
Hi Michael, I do not understand, please explain. The plan is to use "One file per table", move the database directory to a separate disk and establish a link to the directory from the previous location. What locking problem do you see in Unix or Windows? Thanks, Reuven Michael Dykman wrote: I

Re: Two databases, two disks

2008-04-01 Thread Rob Wultsch
2008/4/1 Reuven Nisser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Rob, > > Thank you for the answer. > > Yes, the two databases do not interact but I access them using ODBC > connection and if I use two instances, I will need two ODBC connections > setup on each production PC. If I use one instance I could use fo

Re: Two databases, two disks

2008-04-01 Thread Reuven Nisser
Hi Rob, Thank you for the answer. Yes, the two databases do not interact but I access them using ODBC connection and if I use two instances, I will need two ODBC connections setup on each production PC. If I use one instance I could use for the second connection: ;ODBC=XXX;Database=yyy So,

Re: Two databases, two disks

2008-04-01 Thread Michael Dykman
I would not recommend using either SMB or NFS to access data directories , especially if you expectingany kind of load. File locks simply do do work effectively (or at all) across such mounts. - michael dykman On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Rob Wultsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Option 1: >

Re: Two databases, two disks

2008-04-01 Thread Rob Wultsch
Option 1: Assuming you do not need the databases to interact with each other I would setup two instances of mysql with separate datadirectories. This should make your back process easier. Read: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/option-files.html http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/windows-c