Re: Problem with data corruption and psql memory usage - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Scott Marlowe
Subject Re: Problem with data corruption and psql memory usage
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Msg-id 1178742580.7497.69.camel@state.g2switchworks.com
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In response to Re: Problem with data corruption and psql memory usage  (Gerhard Wiesinger <lists@wiesinger.com>)
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On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 11:18, Gerhard Wiesinger wrote:
> Hello Tom!
>
> I don't think this is a hardware problem. Machine runs 24/7 for around 4
> years without any problems, daily backup with GBs of data to it,
> uptimes to the next kernel security patch, etc.
>
> The only problem I could believe is:
> I'm running the FC7 test packages of postgresql in FC6 and maybe there is
> a slight glibc library conflict or any other incompatibility.

While I agree with Tom that you should look at recompiling the fc7
packages to fc6, hardware does break in strange ways sometimes.  A piece
of dust in just the right place, a bit of heat sink compound that
finally migrated onto a circuit trace.

I'd test the hardware to be sure.

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