From: Guido Barosio <gbarosio@gmail.com>
To: Robert Leftwich <pg@rtl.fmailbox.com>
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Invalid page header
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 00:32:11 -0300
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Robert,
Unfortunatelly yes, that error is suposed to be related with
hardware problems. In my case, a forced reindex sorted the problem for
a while.
smartmontools
badblocks
memtest86
Those are the tools I've used time ago to get the results for bad hardware.
Best wishes,
g.-
On 1/7/07, Robert Leftwich <pg@rtl.fmailbox.com> wrote:
> Along similar lines to other recent posts I've noticed in the logs some
> "Invalid page header in block ### of relation ...". errors. Given that
> we have two basically identical s/w setups (ubuntu 6.06 LTS, PG8.1.4)
> running on different h/w and only 1 box is reporting these errors and
> based on the feedback to other similar posts, it looks like a h/w issue.
> I'd like to hear the lists collective wisdom on what would be the best
> way to identify what is causing these errors, given that there are no
> system-level errors being reported.
>
> Robert
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