I am in the process of reinstalling a Ubuntu
server to rhel6
server. I have a pretty huge database. When I checked the mysql
data directory size, it was around 354 GB. However, I dumped the entire database using the mysqldump
command.
After reinstalling the machine, I started to restore the database using the mysql
command. I started the restore process 3 days back. When I checked the mysql
data directory in this newly installed machine, the size is just 31 GB. I am confused if actually the mysql
command is restoring the database. I still see the command getting executed and the process is visibile from the linux top
command. Is there something else I can do to speed up the process?