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From: Andrew Sullivan <ajs@commandprompt.com>
To: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: PID file
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:59:27 -0400
Message-ID: <20080929185926.GL27800@commandprompt.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <002201c9225a$f1a4cc00$d4ee6400$@alanis@blocknetworks.com.mx>
References: <002201c9225a$f1a4cc00$d4ee6400$@alanis@blocknetworks.com.mx>

On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 12:43:54PM -0500, Ing. Jorge S AlanĂ­s Garza wrote:
> shutting down cleanly. Is there a way to recover the non-working postgres
> instance? Is this a very corruption-prone environment?

It's sure corruption-prone if you delete the pidfile.  

If your iSCSI system keeps dropping out on you, then you need to fix
that.  Otherwise, things are going to break in a way you'll be unhappy
with later.

A

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