Bug #42442 free space not release after dropping tables
Submitted: 29 Jan 2009 7:01 Modified: 28 Feb 2009 8:32
Reporter: vinu manikandan Email Updates:
Status: No Feedback Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version: OS:Linux
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any

[29 Jan 2009 7:01] vinu manikandan 
Description:
 Hi,
I had dropped a table contain data  for 24GB space in my disk space. even after dropping the tables the free space is not released. how can i get that free space

How to repeat:
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[29 Jan 2009 8:32] Valeriy Kravchuk 
What storage engine your table had used? Was it InnoDB? If it was InnoDB and you had used single tablespace for all tables (it is used by default), you will not see any increase of free space at OS level.
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