I install MySQL on Linux 2.6.9-52bs #2 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux, 16G memory with followiing step: 1. ./configure --prefix=/home/mysql/mysql2. make3. make install I set innodb_pool_buffer_size = 8G in my.cnf, but when I use "show variables like 'innodb_buffer_pool_size';" the result is : +-------------------------+------------+ | Variable_name | Value | +-------------------------+------------+ | innodb_buffer_pool_size | 4093640704 | +-------------------------+------------+ and I change the innodb_pool_buffer_size to 5G in my.cnf, the result is+-------------------------+------------+ | Variable_name | Value | +-------------------------+------------+ | innodb_buffer_pool_size | 1996488704 | +-------------------------+------------+ why?? chuning
