one database config used by two jira

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perhaps opposite to one jira - two databases I read, which commented by @Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

my question :

one database serving two jira instances would cause disaster ? dbconfig.xml will be same on the database connection, I think, so wonder is it possible I run jira 1 on one machine to access database 1,  then I install jira 2, still point out to database 1 ?  what would be happening ?

kind of reminding one servant two masters, but not at the same time :-D

any thoughts?

Due to limited source, I only get one database for testing, so I wonder 'recycling' , however, should I contact DBA to wrap out whole database before I config it in another jira ?

unknown · Answer

no worries, I did something to let all tables 'gone', then recycle the database , so no bothering our DBA.

not sure that's the final solution, but only for testing, on production, we would not change that much. :-)

unknown · Answer

Thank you, @Nic Brough -Adaptavist-,  our DBA gave me a database for testing, if I want to drop all the tables , what should I tell him?  can I run the query to get rid of tables on my given jiradbuser at all ?

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Answer

No, you'll need to drop all the tables on each new run.  But you can use the same database over and over.