hi all, i don't understand the size of the ibdata7
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 2.0G Oct 29 15:18 ibdata1 -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 2.0G Oct 29 15:17 ibdata2 -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 2.0G Oct 29 15:17 ibdata3 -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 2.0G Oct 29 15:08 ibdata4 -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 2.0G Oct 29 15:17 ibdata5 -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 2.0G Oct 29 15:17 ibdata6 -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 22G Oct 29 15:18 ibdata7 the size of the databases is near 8Go. innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:2000M;ibdata2:2000M;ibdata3:2000M;ibdata4:2000M;ibdata5:2000M;ibdata6:2000M;ibdata7:500M:autoextend The OS is Linux XXXXX 2.4.21-40.ELsmp #1 SMP Thu Feb 2 22:22:39 EST 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux 4 x Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU 5140 @ 2.33GHz with 4Go is anybody has got a documentation about this... Thanks all Thomas Raso