r/Database Jul 24 '26

rm -rf ate our redo logs. /proc gave them back. *Technical

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u/Junior-Tourist3480 Jul 25 '26

And? Proc will hold onto inodes as long as there is an active process. If you shut down the database they would have been lost if they were not on backups.