Received: from localhost (maia-5.hub.org [200.46.204.182]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7F1C9FB1CD for ; Sun, 7 Jan 2007 23:32:19 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.182]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 80860-04 for ; Sun, 7 Jan 2007 23:32:02 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.4 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.174]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 458B69FA4C0 for ; Sun, 7 Jan 2007 23:32:13 -0400 (AST) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id k3so2736116ugf for ; Sun, 07 Jan 2007 19:32:11 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=PM1MS3YoD3xk0RVFpzAMnQZJT3ixvBM2LwDozZXdxc1piKDnfx1CTzo6DXhqzQhYVBXdNzeBe9SMAYwaTxzq1TBjN5iH8XayW/3h+EiJLWwHZff4lghg2NMIRAgzkOW4J1wrGiueZPACGYjV52B7HXjnpj2iv7nTR829Qu+6NQ4= Received: by 10.78.176.20 with SMTP id y20mr3898041hue.1168227131648; Sun, 07 Jan 2007 19:32:11 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.78.146.9 with HTTP; Sun, 7 Jan 2007 19:32:11 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 00:32:11 -0300 From: "Guido Barosio" To: "Robert Leftwich" Subject: Re: Invalid page header Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org In-Reply-To: <1168222944.2766.283581027@webmail.messagingengine.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <1168222944.2766.283581027@webmail.messagingengine.com> X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200701/57 X-Sequence-Number: 24213 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 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 > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 7: You can help support the PostgreSQL project by donating at > > http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate > -- Guido Barosio ----------------------- http://www.globant.com guido.barosio@globant.com