Disk Data Documentation Now Online

[Jonathan Stephens]

Basic documentation for MySQL Cluster Data on Disk can now be found in the MySQL 5.1 Manual.


New "Disk Data" section (MySQL Cluster Chapter):
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/mysql-cluster-disk-data.html

Expanded coverage of the INFORMATION_SCHEMA.FILES Table:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/files-table.html

New SQL statements for working with logfile groups and tablespaces:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/create-logfile-group.html
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/create-tablespace.html
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/alter-logfile-group.html
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/alter-tablespace.html
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/drop-logfile-group.html
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/drop-tablespace.html

If you've not yet tried using Disk Data tables in MySQL 5.1.6 or newer, this should help you get started.

This is essentially first-draft material, and so will be undergoing revision and expansion in the weeks to come. Your comments and feedback will be very helpful in this process.

Jon Stephens
MySQL Documentation Team @ Oracle

MySQL Dev Zone
MySQL Server Documentation
Oracle