MySQL Bugs: #24227: ndb_size.pl should report default values instead of

Bug #24227	ndb_size.pl should report default values instead of < default for config params
Submitted:	12 Nov 2006 15:36	Modified:	30 Apr 2007 7:47
Reporter:	Stewart Smith	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Cluster: Cluster (NDB) storage engine	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:	4.1, 5.0, 5.1	OS:	Any
Assigned to:	Stewart Smith	CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
On Fri, 2006-11-10 at 11:31 -0500, Johan Andersson wrote:
I suggest to change the ndb_size.pl script so that it defaults to the 
> "default value" of the Parameter settings it suggest, if the calculated 
> parameter by ndb_size.pl is less than the default value for that parameter.
> 
> That would make me feel more comfortable in order to avoid users running 
> with too small values, and often untested combinations.
> $LOCATION is just one example where this happened, where they took the value 
> given by ndb_size.pl (MaxNoOfTables=10), and it failed miserably!
> If the ndb_size.pl returns the default value in such a case, then it 
> would be, as i said, better!

How to repeat:
use ndb_size.pl on small db

Suggested fix:
see above

part of Bug #24228 fix.

pushed to 5.1-ndb

Pushed into 5.1.18-beta

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Documented bugfix in 5,1,18 changelog.