Oracle 5.0 Reference Manual page 496

If this value is greater than 1,
thread) during the
Repair by sorting
Note
Multi-threaded repair is still beta-quality code.
•
myisam_sort_buffer_size
Command-Line Format
Option-File Format
Option Sets Variable
Variable Name
Variable Scope
Dynamic Variable
The size of the buffer that is allocated when sorting
when creating indexes with
The maximum permissible setting for
•
myisam_stats_method
Version Introduced
Command-Line Format
Option-File Format
Option Sets Variable
Variable Name
Variable Scope
Server System Variables
Permitted Values
Platform
64
Bit Size
Type
numeric
Default
1
Range
1 .. 18446744073709547520
table indexes are created in parallel (each index in its own
MyISAM
process. The default value is 1.
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--myisam_sort_buffer_size=#
myisam_sort_buffer_size
Yes,
myisam_sort_buffer_size
myisam_sort_buffer_size
Global, Session
Yes
Permitted Values
Platform
32
Bit Size
Type
numeric
Default
8388608
Range
4 .. 4294967295
Permitted Values
Platform
64
Bit Size
Type
numeric
Default
8388608
Range
4 .. 18446744073709547520
or
CREATE INDEX ALTER
myisam_sort_buffer_size
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--myisam_stats_method=name
myisam_stats_method
Yes,
myisam_stats_method
myisam_stats_method
Global, Session
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indexes during a
MyISAM
TABLE.
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or
REPAIR TABLE
is 4GB.