[OSM-dev] speeding the db

[Grant Slater]

SteveC wrote:
> grant says you can do
>
> ALTER TABLE `users`  ENGINE = innodb;
>
> on a per-table basis. This would immediately solve a ton of problems, 
> does anyone have a setup/time to test all works with something like this?
>
>   

ALTER `Table` syntax defined here:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/alter-table.html

Per table engine/backend switching is supported.

My other notes:....

Current:
- AUTO_INCREMENT| |columns, you must define an index for the table, and 
that index must contain just the |AUTO_INCREMENT| column.
(tables affected: `area_tags`,`gpx_file_tags`, `way_segments` & `ways`)
- Innodb does not support fulltext.
(tables affected: 'current_way_tags')
- In InnoDB, having a long  PRIMARY KEY| |wastes a lot of disk space 
because its value must be stored with every secondary index record. 
(tables affected: `area_segments`,`area_tags`, `areas`, `gpx_file_tags`, 
`way_segments`)

Future:
- Innodb does not support indexes on spatial types.

Transaction support likely to create problems? Code tweaks?
SET AUTOCOMMIT = 1???

Recommendations for InnoDB tuning? Defaults OK/Suitable?

Any comments?

Current DB Schema here: http://svn.openstreetmap.org/sql/mysql-schema.sql