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MySQL Binary Logs Filling Rapidly (Doc ID 1539875.1)

Last updated on APRIL 18, 2022

Applies to:

MySQL Server - Version 5.1 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

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MySQL Binary logs on the server grows rapidly causing the disk space to fill up quickly and stalls the normal database operation.

Changes

If there is any recent change to the BINLOG_FORMAT variable, you may face this issue.

Cause

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