We have a live database running innodb that is currently at around 180GB. We are running out of hdd space.
The problem is, the tablespace is currently at 170GB and it keep growing. Never shrink. The only way to shrink it as I read is to export the whole db, drop the database and restore back the data. This will mean massive downtime which is quite impossible since it would mean downtime to our website.
I was thinking, would it be possible to convert a few of the temp tables to myisam? I could then drop these myisam tables once a while to clear up space. If this method is possible, please point me to some available guide on how to do this.
BTW, this database also have replication running on it as master-slave.
The problem is, the tablespace is currently at 170GB and it keep growing. Never shrink. The only way to shrink it as I read is to export the whole db, drop the database and restore back the data. This will mean massive downtime which is quite impossible since it would mean downtime to our website.
I was thinking, would it be possible to convert a few of the temp tables to myisam? I could then drop these myisam tables once a while to clear up space. If this method is possible, please point me to some available guide on how to do this.
BTW, this database also have replication running on it as master-slave.