On 04/18/2018 10:28 AM, tim.green wrote: > Good morning, > > I have an application that is around 10 gigabytes that I would like to > package with rpm, it is mostly java EAR files and an application server. > Everything must be self-contained and run on each server it is installed > on, however I have a problem with one part: the database. > > The database is about 300 gigabytes in size, and so I am concerned about > simply making an rpm out of it. > > What would be a good fit with rpm for using this database? Can I bundle > it externally somehow? You probably want to put the database into a separate rpm package. The main package should then Require: the db package. You should probably think a bit about versioning. You want to do things in a way you can update the db and the application separately (if that is desired) while still ensuring with the Requires that the db is compatible with the application. Florian -- Red Hat GmbH, http://www.de.redhat.com/, Registered seat: Grasbrunn, Commercial register: Amtsgericht Muenchen, HRB 153243, Managing Directors: Paul Argiry, Charles Cachera, Michael Cunningham, Michael O'Neill _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.rpm.org/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
