[mythtv-users] controlling disk space on "/" on mythtv backend

[John Pilkington]

On 13/01/18 12:28, Jim Abernathy wrote:
>> Whenever you manage to have / run out of space, you should always make
>> sure you run:
>>
>> /usr/share/doc/mythtv-backend/contrib/maintenance/optimize_mythdb.pl
>>
>> to repair and optimise the database before running mythbackend again,
>> as the database may well have one or more tables crashed due to the
>> lack of space.  Fortunately MySQL and MariaDB are very forgiving about
>> what happens when the space runs out, so a simple repair normally
>> fixes everything.  Unfortunately, mythbackend can appear to be running
>> normally when tables are crashed, but it will in fact be unable to
>> write to the crashed tables.  There will normally be log messages
>> about SQL problems, but mythbackend will not otherwise notify you that
>> it has a problem.
> Is the optimize_mythdb.pl script something that should be run regularly??
> 
> Jim A
> 
https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Optimize_mythdb.pl