On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 9:51 AM, shawn green <shawn.l.gr...@oracle.com> wrote: > Hello Larry, > > > On 7/3/2013 11:27 AM, Larry Martell wrote: >> >> We recently changed from in memory files to InnoDB files. Today we >> noticed that in every server's data dir there is file called '1' that >> seems to get updated every time the iddata1 file gets updated. On some >> servers it's comparable in size to the iddata1 file, on other servers >> it's 10-15x larger, and on others it's 1/2 the size. What is this >> file. Googling revealed nothing about this. >> > > That is not something an official MySQL build would do. Consult with the > person (or group) that compiled your binaries. > > Now, if you have enabled --innodb-file-per-table and if you have named your > table '1' then that file is probably '1.ibd'. That would be expected. But > that seems unlikely based on your other details. > > Did you also enable a separate undo log, perhaps? Although if you had, it > should be 'undo1' not just '1' > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/innodb-parameters.html#sysvar_innodb_undo_tablespaces > > So, that simple '1' file also seems unusual to me.
Thanks for the reply. I asked our DBA group and here's the answer I got: The file is currently accessed by mysqld, please don’t delete it. Looking at the file header, it appeared to be an innodb datafile. But no idea how it was created. Sigh. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql
