MySQL

Relocating Data Directory Contents

The preceding section discusses the data directory structure in its default configuration. All databases and status files are contained within it. However, you have some latitude in determining the placement of the data directory's contents. This section discusses why you might want to move parts of the data directory (or even the directory itself), what can be moved, and how you go about making these changes.

MySQL allows you to relocate the data directory or elements within it. There are several reasons why you might want to do this:

• You can put the data directory on a file system with a greater capacity than the file system on which it's located by default.

• If your data directory is on a busy disk, you can ...