Re: [External] Re: standby replication server throws invalid memoryalloc request size , does not start up - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Scott Ribe
Subject Re: [External] Re: standby replication server throws invalid memoryalloc request size , does not start up
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Msg-id FE27233A-B777-4292-B560-E0EBA251D22F@elevated-dev.com
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In response to Re: [External] Re: standby replication server throws invalid memoryalloc request size , does not start up  (Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>)
Responses Re: [External] Re: standby replication server throws invalid memoryalloc request size , does not start up  (Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>)
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> On Jun 28, 2018, at 10:36 AM, Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> wrote:
>
> How are you making the inference that that's the problem? It could very
> well be a postgres bug or somebody having used pg_resetxlog or.. ?

There could always be a postgres bug, however misconfigured cache layers are a very common cause of this kind of
symptom,and postgres bugs very rare. 

I don't believe pg_resetxlog would cause this particular problem. Failure to recovery yes, but not illegal memory
operation.

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