added script to create and to remove ramdisk, use at your own risk

scripts/remove_ramdisk_for_sql.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+SOURCE="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
+DIR="$( dirname "$SOURCE" )"
+while [ -h "$SOURCE" ]
+do
+    SOURCE="$(readlink "$SOURCE")"
+    [[ $SOURCE != /* ]] && SOURCE="$DIR/$SOURCE"
+    DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE"  )" && pwd )"
+done
+DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && pwd )"
+
+# Make sure only root can run our script
+if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
+    echo "This script must be run as root"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+source $DIR/../defaults.sh
+
+#edit this to allow script to run, be sure of the paths
+#the ramdisk needs to be twice the size of the parts table max size, it needs room to copy itself during optimise
+#i take no responsibility if this fails and you lose you db
+#remove the next 2 lines when you have edited this file properlly
+echo "Please edit this script, very carefully!"
+exit
+
+export PATH_RAMDISK="/var/ramdisk"
+export MYSQL_PATH="/var/lib/mysql/newznab"
+export SQL_BACKUP="/home/$USER/sql_backup"
+
+/etc/init.d/mysql stop
+
+if [ -h "$MYSQL_PATH/parts.frm" ]; then
+    rm $MYSQL_PATH/parts.frm
+    mv $PATH_RAMDISK/parts.frm $MYSQL_PATH/
+fi
+if [ -h "$MYSQL_PATH/parts.MYD" ]; then
+    rm $MYSQL_PATH/parts.MYD
+    mv $PATH_RAMDISK/parts.MYD $MYSQL_PATH/
+fi
+if [ -h "$MYSQL_PATH/parts.MYI" ]; then
+    rm $MYSQL_PATH/parts.MYI
+    mv $PATH_RAMDISK/parts.MYI $MYSQL_PATH/
+fi
+
+
+if [ -h "$MYSQL_PATH/partrepair.frm" ]; then
+    rm $MYSQL_PATH/partrepair.frm
+    mv $PATH_RAMDISK/partrepair.frm $MYSQL_PATH/
+fi
+if [ -h "$MYSQL_PATH/partrepair.MYD" ]; then
+    rm $MYSQL_PATH/partrepair.MYD
+    mv $PATH_RAMDISK/partrepair.MYD $MYSQL_PATH/
+fi
+if [ -h "$MYSQL_PATH/partrepair.MYI" ]; then
+    rm $MYSQL_PATH/partrepair.MYI
+    mv $PATH_RAMDISK/partrepair.MYI $MYSQL_PATH/
+fi
+
+
+if [ -h "$MYSQL_PATH/binaries.frm" ]; then
+    rm $MYSQL_PATH/binaries.frm
+    mv $PATH_RAMDISK/binaries.frm $MYSQL_PATH/
+fi
+if [ -h "$MYSQL_PATH/binaries.MYD" ]; then
+    rm $MYSQL_PATH/binaries.MYD
+    mv $PATH_RAMDISK/binaries.MYD $MYSQL_PATH/
+fi
+if [ -h "$MYSQL_PATH/binaries.MYI" ]; then
+    rm $MYSQL_PATH/binaries.MYI
+    mv $PATH_RAMDISK/binaries.MYI $MYSQL_PATH/
+fi
+
+chown -R mysql:mysql $MYSQL_PATH
+
+#determine if ramdisk is in fstab
+if [[ `mount | grep "$PATH_RAMDISK"` ]]; then
+    umount "$PATH_RAMDISK"
+fi
+
+/etc/init.d/mysql start
+exit