Re: could not read transaction log directory ...? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: could not read transaction log directory ...?
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Msg-id 19839.1052402106@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: could not read transaction log directory ...?  (Michael Brusser <michael@synchronicity.com>)
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Michael Brusser <michael@synchronicity.com> writes:
> "Cookie is stale" - ..? 
> Should I consider some problems with the file server?

Running a database over an NFS mount is widely considered foolish.
It exposes you to all sorts of failure modes that don't exist with
a local filesystem.

> The strange thing is that process always crashes some 30 minutes
> after start.

Well, that would fit fine with the notion that there's some kind of
30-minute timeout on open files in your NFS stack.

> Another point is that it works fine on another machine -
> Red Hat 7.2 with 2.4.9 kernel.
> I'm not sure what to make out of this.

I'd call it a kernel bug or NFS server bug.
        regards, tom lane



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