From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Mr. Dan <bitsandbytes88@hotmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: psql: FATAL: the database system is starting up
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:58:15 -0400
Message-ID: <1347.1158854295@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
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"Mr. Dan" <bitsandbytes88@hotmail.com> writes:
> We had to kill postmaster, and it's been ugly. The last backup finished
> successfully not last night, but the night before. This is 161 GB database.
> How long should I expect this to take before it starts.
Not longer than the time since the last checkpoint. What does
pg_controldata show? Is the recovery process actually doing any work?
regards, tom lane
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