ok thanks,

this mysql has got a replication slave...

On the slave the ibdata has got a size close to 15Go (ie the master's size
is 22Go)

have you got an idea about this ???

thanks

2007/10/29, Dan Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> In the last episode (Oct 29), Thomas Raso said:
> > 2007/10/29, Dan Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > > In the last episode (Oct 29), Thomas Raso said:
> > > > 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
> > > >
> > > > is anybody has got a documentation about this...
> > >
> > > It means you have (or had at one point in the past) 28GB worth of
> > > InnoDB tables created.  If you know you have only 8GB in use and
> > > want to recover the space used by those ibdata files, you will need
> > > to back up all your tables, delete the ibdata files, and restore
> > > the tables.  I recommend setting innodb_file_per_table=1 so each
> > > table gets its own tablespace file.  That way, when you delete a
> > > table, the space is immediately returned back to the filesystem.
> > >
> > > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/adding-and-removing.html
> > > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/multiple-tablespaces.html
> >
> > There is no way whitout stopping mysql ?
> >
> > for information it is a version 4.1
>
> Nope; the backup/delete/restart/restore procedure is the only way.
>
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>         Dan Nelson
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