would probably be very dependent on the data within the database.  if it's
a lot of text data, then very compressable, as text typically compresses
nicely.  if you store a bunch of binary data (images or something), then
probably not as much...

tar your mysql dir and gzip it, or gzip -9 or bzip2 if you're looking for
more compression.  test it out.

-tcl.


On Sun, 17 Feb 2002, George Labuschagne wrote:

> Hi list,
>
> How compressible is a typical MySQL database? Is this more dependent on
> the type of columns used i.e. a lot of text columns as opposed to a lot
> of columns containing integer values?
>
> The uncompressed size of the database is in the region of about 800-MB.
> Also will it suffice to only compress the specific sub-directory
> pertaining to the relevant database below /mysql/ ?
>
> George
> mysql, sql, query
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