Mysql_backup_dir default value

[Tristan]

Hi there,

Don't know whether this has been suggested before but maybe it would be better to change the default value of mysql_backup_dir in options.conf to something in /home/mysql/ since the default for mysql_backup=yes? This might be a bit more safe, especially when having 10s of GB's of database data in combination with /usr mounted on just a small partition?

 

[scsi]

Never heard of anyone using a small /usr partition ever.

 

[Tristan]

We do lots of relatively small DirectAdmin servers so space on the /usr partition, if a separate partition at all, is always less than the space available in /home. Seeing how DirectAdmin already keeps all MySQL data in /home and all other backups are stored in /home by default already as well, I think it might be more logical to keep mysql backups there as well.

 

[zEitEr]

That's not rare case when I set it to store mysql backups on /home. The partition /usr is not that big on some server under my maintenance.