<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2015-11-12 18:12 GMT+01:00 Richard Mortimer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:richm+digikam@oldelvet.org.uk" target="_blank">richm+digikam@oldelvet.org.uk</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class=""><br>
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On 12/11/2015 16:38, Henrique Santos Fernandes wrote:<br>
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> The one advantage of having separate databases is for backup purposes.<br>
> The thumbnail database in particular can be massive and having it<br>
> separate makes it easier especially since it is basically throwaway data<br>
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> This is true. But still easy to remove or drop the tables related to it.<br>
> Only "problem" would be the backup size, as it would include the<br>
> thumbnails..<br>
</span>Yes. That's my point. Dropping the tables isn't practical on a nightly<br>
basis. I currently have separated databases and the "main" database<br>
backup is 1.5 MB compressed but the thumbnails database is 650 MB<br>
compressed.<br>
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> The performance of MySQL doesn't really come into it. You can in theory<br>
> partition different databases into different locations/disks etc. and<br>
> that might be of interest to some but it would be a pretty special<br>
> use case.<br>
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> I think that the correct default would be to use a common name for all<br>
> three but allow separate names if required.<br>
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> I think teh default should be one database also.<br>
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> I guess, having the possibility to separate the databases would<br>
> introduce much more work right? I am not sure.. not a developer.. i<br>
> only know some about infrastructure .<br>
</span>You can already separate them and I would like to see that capability<br>
remain if possible.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>yes, this will stay like this in code. I will improved the configuration dialog with an advanced settings view when users want to use separated databases.</div><div><br></div><div>This will be more clear for non technical users.</div><div><br></div><div>Gilles Caulier</div></div></div></div>