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authorunknown <monty@hundin.mysql.fi>2002-01-02 14:12:37 +0200
committerunknown <monty@hundin.mysql.fi>2002-01-02 14:12:37 +0200
commit38e174cc59f99e8bd55e98d2d427037a5a7719e6 (patch)
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parent7e0fa9b69e499edd1653d881212cc188c6cd8834 (diff)
downloadmariadb-git-38e174cc59f99e8bd55e98d2d427037a5a7719e6.tar.gz
Removed Heikki's changes to the manual that was meant for 4.0
configure.in: Update to 3.23.48
Diffstat (limited to 'Docs')
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diff --git a/Docs/manual.texi b/Docs/manual.texi
index c657a75a992..479eeb7dc69 100644
--- a/Docs/manual.texi
+++ b/Docs/manual.texi
@@ -36313,37 +36313,23 @@ the configuration file @file{my.cnf}. @xref{Option files}.
The only required parameter to use InnoDB is @code{innodb_data_file_path},
but you should set others if you want to get a better performance.
-Suppose you have a Windows NT computer with 128 MB RAM and a single 10 GB
+Suppose you have a Windows NT machine with 128 MB RAM and a single 10 GB
hard disk. Below is an example of possible configuration parameters in
@file{my.cnf} for InnoDB:
@example
-[mysqld]
-# You can write your other MySQL server options here
-# ...
-#
-innodb_data_home_dir = c:\ibdata
-# Data files must be able to
-# hold your data and indexes
innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:2000M;ibdata2:2000M
-# Set buffer pool size to 50 - 80 %
-# of your computer's memory
-set-variable = innodb_buffer_pool_size=70M
-set-variable = innodb_additional_mem_pool_size=10M
+innodb_data_home_dir = c:\ibdata
+set-variable = innodb_mirrored_log_groups=1
innodb_log_group_home_dir = c:\iblogs
-# .._log_arch_dir must be the same
-# as .._log_group_home_dir
-innodb_log_arch_dir = c:\iblogs
-innodb_log_archive=0
set-variable = innodb_log_files_in_group=3
-# Set the log file size to about
-# 15 % of the buffer pool size
-set-variable = innodb_log_file_size=10M
+set-variable = innodb_log_file_size=30M
set-variable = innodb_log_buffer_size=8M
-# Set ..flush_log_at_trx_commit to
-# 0 if you can afford losing
-# a few last transactions
innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit=1
+innodb_log_arch_dir = c:\iblogs
+innodb_log_archive=0
+set-variable = innodb_buffer_pool_size=80M
+set-variable = innodb_additional_mem_pool_size=10M
set-variable = innodb_file_io_threads=4
set-variable = innodb_lock_wait_timeout=50
@end example
@@ -36354,44 +36340,27 @@ to be >= 10 MB.
InnoDB does not create directories:
you have to create them yourself.
-Suppose you have a Linux computer with 512 MB RAM and
+Suppose you have a Linux machine with 512 MB RAM and
three 20 GB hard disks (at directory paths @file{/},
@file{/dr2} and @file{/dr3}).
Below is an example of possible configuration parameters in @file{my.cnf} for
InnoDB:
@example
-[mysqld]
-# You can write your other MySQL server options here
-# ...
-#
-innodb_data_home_dir = /
-# Data files must be able to
-# hold your data and indexes
innodb_data_file_path = ibdata/ibdata1:2000M;dr2/ibdata/ibdata2:2000M
-# Set buffer pool size to 50 - 80 %
-# of your computer's memory
-set-variable = innodb_buffer_pool_size=350M
-set-variable = innodb_additional_mem_pool_size=20M
-innodb_log_group_home_dir = /dr3/iblogs
-# .._log_arch_dir must be the same
-# as .._log_group_home_dir
-innodb_log_arch_dir = /dr3/iblogs
-innodb_log_archive=0
+innodb_data_home_dir = /
+set-variable = innodb_mirrored_log_groups=1
+innodb_log_group_home_dir = /dr3
set-variable = innodb_log_files_in_group=3
-# Set the log file size to about
-# 15 % of the buffer pool size
set-variable = innodb_log_file_size=50M
set-variable = innodb_log_buffer_size=8M
-# Set ..flush_log_at_trx_commit to
-# 0 if you can afford losing
-# a few last transactions
innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit=1
+innodb_log_arch_dir = /dr3/iblogs
+innodb_log_archive=0
+set-variable = innodb_buffer_pool_size=400M
+set-variable = innodb_additional_mem_pool_size=20M
set-variable = innodb_file_io_threads=4
set-variable = innodb_lock_wait_timeout=50
-#innodb_flush_method=fdatasync
-#innodb_fast_shutdown=1
-#set-variable = innodb_thread_concurrency=5
@end example
Note that we have placed the two data files on different disks.
@@ -36405,10 +36374,6 @@ improve the performance of the database if all data is not placed
on the same physical disk. Putting log files on a different disk from
data is very often beneficial for performance.
-The combined size of the log files MUST be < 4G in a 32-bit computer,
-and to make recovery reasonably fast you should keep the combined size
-smaller than the buffer pool size.
-
The meanings of the configuration parameters are the following:
@multitable @columnfractions .30 .70
@@ -36432,9 +36397,7 @@ Number of log files in the log group. InnoDB writes to the files in a
circular fashion. Value 3 is recommended here.
@item @code{innodb_log_file_size} @tab
Size of each log file in a log group in megabytes. Sensible values range
-from 1M to 1/nth of the size of the buffer pool specified below, where
-n is the number of log files in the log group.
-The bigger the
+from 1M to the size of the buffer pool specified below. The bigger the
value, the less checkpoint flush activity is needed in the buffer pool,
saving disk i/o. But bigger log files also mean that recovery will be
slower in case of a crash. File size restriction as for a data file.
@@ -37137,8 +37100,7 @@ to zero. InnoDB tries to flush the log anyway once in a second,
though the flush is not guaranteed.
@strong{4.}
-Make your log files big, the combined size
-even as big as the buffer pool. When InnoDB
+Make your log files big, even as big as the buffer pool. When InnoDB
has written the log files full, it has to write the modified contents
of the buffer pool to disk in a checkpoint. Small log files will cause many
unnecessary disk writes. The drawback in big log files is that recovery