Re: Btree or not btree? That is the question

From: Greg Sabino Mullane <greg(at)endpoint(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Btree or not btree? That is the question
Date: 2012-06-06 20:09:46
Message-ID: 20120606200945.GW10277@tinybird.home
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On Mon, Jun 04, 2012 at 02:09:44PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Greg Sabino Mullane <greg(at)endpoint(dot)com> writes:
> > We have a 8.3.18 system (yes, the same one from the previous
> > thread, finally upgraded!) that gave us this error yesterday:
>
> > ERROR: index "pg_class_oid_index" is not a btree
>
> That means you got bogus data while reading the metapage.
> I'm beginning to wonder about the hardware on this server ...

Thanks for the reply. Me too. This is on a cluster[1], so we
do have the luxury of testing the hardware on each box and
shuffling things around. I'm also thinking we need to get away
from the near-constant updating of pg_class, just as a good
measure.

[1] Bruce, yet another usage! :)

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