Our incremental backups seem to be filling with instances of ib_logfile1, ib_logfile2, and ibdata1.
I know that changing a single byte in a single INNODB table causes these files to be "touched." I put "innodb_file_per_table" in /etc/my.cnf, but apparently, that only causes new databases to be "file per table," and it is older databases that are being touched in a minor way daily, causing gigabytes to be backed up needlessly. Some time ago, someone posted a way to convert existing INNODB tables to "file per table," but I am unable to find that. Can someone please post that procedure again? (I also welcome any "you shouldn't be doing it that way" comments, as long as they show a better way... :-) This is for a fairly low-volume server, running on a Mac Mini with two 500GB disks. Thanks! ---------------- In summary, the idea is to give all of the information to help others to judge the value of your contribution; not just the information that leads to judgement in one particular direction or another. -- Richard P. Feynman :::: Jan Steinman, EcoReality Co-op :::: -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org
