title: Which MySQL InnoDb files to move when transfering to a new server?
body: <p>I'm moving a 150GB MySQL Server to a brand new machine on the same network, both of them run Windows Server 2012.</p>
  
  <p>The new server runs <strong>MySQL 8.0.15</strong> while the old one runs on <strong>MySQL 5.7.14</strong></p>
  
  <p>All of my tables are in the '<strong>roat</strong>' folder.</p>
  
  <p>This is my rough plan</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Shut down both MySQL Servers</li>
  <li>Start a Filezilla transfer, moving all the MySQL files over</li>
  <li>Start the new MySQL Server.</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>Now my question is, which of these files below will I need to transfer to the new server in order for the new server to work and startup?</p>
  
  <p>edit: I am not interested in using mysqldump since it's at least 10x slower with 150GB of data.</p>
  
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