Re: page 1 of relation global/11787 was uninitialized - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Stephen R. van den Berg
Subject Re: page 1 of relation global/11787 was uninitialized
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Msg-id 20130409172759.GC12023@cuci.nl
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In response to Re: page 1 of relation global/11787 was uninitialized  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
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Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>full_page_writes = off is the problem.

>Turning this parameter off speeds normal operation, but might lead to
>either unrecoverable data corruption, or silent data corruption,
>after a system failure. The risks are similar to turning off fsync,
>though smaller, and it should be turned off only based on the same
>circumstances recommended for that parameter.

Well, silent data corruption would have been "ok" (to a certain extent).
Unrecoverable data corruption would be ok too, if it would only imply
losing some of the more recent parts of the data (at least for this database).
-- 
Stephen.

"Reality is merely an illusion,albeit a very persistent one."  --  Albert Einstein



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