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diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/innodb_file_per_table-f925b3bbf29d44ea.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/innodb_file_per_table-f925b3bbf29d44ea.yaml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e0b7c3c --- /dev/null +++ b/releasenotes/notes/innodb_file_per_table-f925b3bbf29d44ea.yaml @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +--- +features: + - Enable innodb_file_per_table for MySQL/MariaDB databases +upgrade: + - | + Newly created MySQL database tables will be stored in their own datafiles, + instead of in a single monolithic ibdata file. + - | + Existing MySQL database tables that are persisted within the monolithic + ibdata file will remain so unless the database is migrated as well. + - | + Migration of all current database tables out of the monolithic ibdata + file is possible by dumping and restoring the whole database to a new data + directory, however when using Galera the entire cluster must be shut + down and upgraded at once. + - | + Migration of individual tables to datafiles is possible using the + MySQL command "ALTER TABLE <databasename>.<tablename> ENGINE=InnoDB;", + however this will not shrink the ibdata file and also is not safe to run + on a running Galera cluster for large tables. |