At 16:03 -0400 8/29/02, Philip Mak wrote:
>What are all these rei-bin.* files in this MySQL data directory? Are
>they needed? They're taking up a lot of disk space. They seem to be
>some sort of log.
>
>horde rei.aaanime.net.pid rei-bin.008 rei-bin.016
>linkwars rei-bin.001 rei-bin.009 rei-bin.017
>my.cnf rei-bin.002 rei-bin.010 rei-bin.018
>mysql rei-bin.003 rei-bin.011 rei-bin.019
>plesk.rackshack.net.err rei-bin.004 rei-bin.012 rei-bin.020
>plesk.rackshack.net.pid rei-bin.005 rei-bin.013 rei-bin.021
>psa rei-bin.006 rei-bin.014 rei-bin.022
>rei.aaanime.net.err rei-bin.007 rei-bin.015 rei-bin.index
The binary update logs. They serve as a record of updated, to be used
for two primary purposes:
- To be sent to slave replication servers
- To be used for data recovery purposes after a crash
The rei-bin.index file is an index of the binary log files. It records
which binary logs the server is maintaining.
