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I encountered an error while managing my MariaDB Galera cluster.

• I checked the log file:
  

  tail -n 50 /var/log/syslog
  

  • And found the following error:
    

    InnoDB: Error: log file ./ib_logfile0 is of different size 0 5242880 bytes
    InnoDB: than specified in the .cnf file 0 268435456 bytes!
    100118 20:52:52 [ERROR] Plugin 'InnoDB' init function returned error.
    100118 20:52:52 [ERROR] Plugin 'InnoDB' registration as a STORAGE ENGINE failed.
    100118 20:52:52 [ERROR] Unknown/unsupported table type: InnoDB
    100118 20:52:52 [ERROR] Aborting
    

• After looking around online I found the solution to be as simple as deleting the stale ib_logfiles:
  

  rm /var/lib/mysql/ib_logfile*
  

Resources¶

• http://serverfault.com/questions/104014/innodb-error-log-file-ib-logfile0-is-of-different-size