Re: 8.3.5 broken after power fail

From: Michael Monnerie <michael(dot)monnerie(at)is(dot)it-management(dot)at>
To: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: 8.3.5 broken after power fail
Date: 2009-02-17 11:08:21
Message-ID: 200902171208.25462@zmi.at
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> 1st line of defense is to set your system to shutdown normally when
> the power button is pressed. 2nd line of defense is to get your self
> a decent UPS unit

I have both. She managed to switch off behind the UPS :-)

> Also at work at more than 20 tanker vessels running 7.4.2, the
> captains do that on a constant basis and PgSQL always has survived
> (more than the rest of the system anyways..)

Even with a XEN vm running PostgreSQL? Both on XFS with nobarrier mount
option? Try it, it's fun ;-)

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