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On Sun, 2011-03-20 at 12:41 -0600, chris fedde wrote:
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On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 10:17 AM, Raymond DeRoo <<A HREF="mailto:rderoo@deroo.net">rderoo@deroo.net</A>> wrote:
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> Relocating MySQL, Postgres and other RDBMS data directory and then symlinking it is nearly always a bad idea and strongly discouraged. If you need to move it from the default location ( which it should be moved from /var/lib ) then edit the appropriate config file and change the datadir accordingly.
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> .r
I'm curious who has "strongly discouraged" using symbolic links in
this way? I know that sysadmins each have habits and tastes of choice
but I can think of no performance or maintenance reason why use of
symbolic links in this way should cause a problem.
Personally I prefer using links in this way and letting the
application config remain default.
Using symbolic links has the advantage of minimizing change tracking
required at upgrade time. Symbolic links are a stable feature of the
OS and can be safely used to isolate applications and users from
complexities of the deployment history.
As always: programmers solve complexity by adding layers of indirection.
chris
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I would like to know that too.
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