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15.7.2 Changing the Number or Size of InnoDB Redo Log Files

To change the number or the size of your InnoDB redo log files, perform the following steps:

Stop the MySQL server and make sure that it shuts down without errors.
Edit my.cnf to change the log file configuration. To change the log file size, configure innodb_log_file_size. To increase the number of log files, configure innodb_log_files_in_group.
Start the MySQL server again.

If InnoDB detects that the innodb_log_file_size differs from the redo log file size, it will write a log checkpoint, close and remove the old log files, create new log files at the requested size, and open the new log files.

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Posted by Shane Bester on May 8, 2015

The innodb log files are typically named ib_logfile0, ib_logfile1, ib_logifleN where N is less than the number returned by select @@global.innodb_log_files_in_group;