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diff --git a/docs/en/xml/installation.xml b/docs/en/xml/installation.xml index 525f51e72..b7fa153ca 100644 --- a/docs/en/xml/installation.xml +++ b/docs/en/xml/installation.xml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- <!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"> --> -<!-- $Id: installation.xml,v 1.64 2008/04/04 06:46:54 jocuri%softhome.net Exp $ --> +<!-- $Id: installation.xml,v 1.65 2008/04/04 06:46:55 bugreport%peshkin.net Exp $ --> <chapter id="installing-bugzilla"> <title>Installing Bugzilla</title> @@ -608,6 +608,23 @@ # Allow packets up to 1M set-variable = max_allowed_packet=1M</screen> </section> + + <section> + <title>Permit attachments table to grow beyond 4GB</title> + <para>By default, MySQL will limit the size of a table + to 4GB. This limit is present even if the underlying filesystem + has no such limit or if you are using RAID. To set a higher + limit, follow these instructions.</para> + <para>Run the <filename>MySQL</filename> command-line client and + enter:</para> + + <screen> <prompt>mysql></prompt> ALTER TABLE attachments + AVG_ROW_LENGTH=1000000, MAX_ROWS=20000; + </screen> + <para>The above command will change the limit to 20GB. Mysql will have + to make a temporary copy of your entire table to do this. Ideally, + you should do this when your attachments table is still small.</para> + </section> <section id="install-setupdatabase-adduser"> <title>Add a user to MySQL</title> |