MariaDB

Step 1 — Moving the MariaDB Data Directory mysql -u root -p select @@datadir; Output: +-----------------+ | @@datadir | +-----------------+ | /var/lib/mysql/ | +-----------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) exit sudo systemctl stop mariadb sudo systemctl status mariadb Output: mysql systemd[1]: Stopped MariaDB database server. sudo rsync -av /var/lib/mysql /mnt/my-volume-01 sudo mv /var/lib/mysql /var/lib/mysql.bak Step 2 — Pointing to the New Data Location sudo vi /etc/my.cnf [mysqld] . . ....

If you need to find the fastest way to count the number of rows in a massive MariaDB, or MySQL table, then you can do the following instead of performing a select count() query: show table status like '<TABLE_NAME>' This will provide you with a table of information about the table statistics, including the amount of rows.