X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9227EDB4F3 for ; Sat, 12 Nov 2005 11:53:15 -0400 (AST) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 96420-08 for ; Sat, 12 Nov 2005 15:53:11 +0000 (GMT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38323DB4EE for ; Sat, 12 Nov 2005 11:53:13 -0400 (AST) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id jACFrE9q027807; Sat, 12 Nov 2005 10:53:14 -0500 (EST) To: Yves Vindevogel cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org, Hendrik De Hertogh Subject: Re: IO Error In-reply-to: References: Comments: In-reply-to Yves Vindevogel message dated "Sat, 12 Nov 2005 15:18:09 +0100" Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 10:53:14 -0500 Message-ID: <27806.1131810794@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.006 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.006] X-Spam-Score: 0.006 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200511/222 X-Sequence-Number: 15479 Yves Vindevogel writes: > ns30966:~# ERROR: could not read block 3231 of relation > 1663/165707259/173511769: Input/output error > I get this error. Is this hardware related or could it be something > with the postgresql.conf settings. It's a hardware failure --- bad disk block, likely. You might find more details in the kernel log (/var/log/messages or equivalent). regards, tom lane