| From: | Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | gbarosio(at)uolsinectis(dot)com(dot)ar, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: invalid page header |
| Date: | 2004-11-18 17:39:17 |
| Message-ID: | 20041118173917.GB12647@wolff.to |
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On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 10:45:53 -0500,
Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> G u i d o B a r o s i o <gbarosio(at)uolsinectis(dot)com(dot)ar> writes:
> > I am worry about a hardware problem.
>
> I think you're right. badblocks (for disk) and memtest86 (for RAM)
> are the tools I've seen recommended most often for narrowing down
> what's gone flaky.
smartmontools can also be useful for checking disks. Doing regular
selftests will be less resource intensive then doing read checks
with badblocks.
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