aria_pack

aria_pack is a tool for compressing Aria tables. The resulting table are read-only, and usually about 40% to 70% smaller.

aria_pack is run as follows

aria_pack [options] file_name [file_name2...]

The file name is the .MAI index file. The extension can be omitted, although keeping it permits wildcards, such as

aria_pack *.MAI

to compress all the files.

aria_pack compresses each column separately, and, when the resulting data is read, only the individual rows and columns required need to be decompressed, allowing for quicker reading.

Once a table has been packed, use aria_chk -rq (the quick and recover options) to rebuild its indexes.

Options

The following variables can be set while passed as commandline options to aria_pack, or set in the [ariapack] section in your my.cnf file.

Option	Description
-b, --backup	Make a backup of the table as table_name.OLD.
--character-sets-dir=name	Directory where character sets are.
-h, --datadir	Path for control file (and logs if `--logdir` not used). From MariaDB 10.5.3
-#, --debug[=name]	Output debug log. Often this is 'd:t:o,filename'.
-?, --help	Display help and exit.
-f, --force	Force packing of table even if it gets bigger or if tempfile exists.
--ignore-control-file	Ignore the control file. From MariaDB 10.5.3.
-j, --join=name	Join all given tables into 'new_table_name'. All tables MUST have identical layouts.
--require-control-file	Abort if cannot find control file. From MariaDB 10.5.3.
-s, --silent	Only write output when an error occurs.
-t, --test	Don't pack table, only test packing it.
-T, --tmpdir=name	Use temporary directory to store temporary table.
-v, --verbose	Write info about progress and packing result. Use many -v for more verbosity!
-V, --version	Output version information and exit.
-w, --wait	Wait and retry if table is in use.

Unpacking

To unpack a table compressed with aria_pack, use the aria_chk -u option.

Example

> aria_pack /my/data/test/posts
Compressing /my/data/test/posts.MAD: (1690 records)
- Calculating statistics
- Compressing file
37.71%     
> aria_chk -rq --ignore-control-file /my/data/test/posts
- check record delete-chain
- recovering (with keycache) Aria-table '/my/data/test/posts'
Data records: 1690
State updated

aria_pack

Options

Unpacking

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