Re: 7.1 startup recovery failure

Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>

From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To: Rod Taylor <rbt@barchord.com>
Cc: Hackers List <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2001-05-01T10:07:17Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
* Rod Taylor <rbt@barchord.com> [010430 22:10] wrote:
> Corrupted or not, after a crash take a snapshot of the data tree
> before firing it back up again.  Doesn't take that much time
> (especially with a netapp filer) and it allows for a virtually
> unlimited number of attempts to solve the trouble or debug.
> 

You run your database over NFS?  They must be made of steel. :)

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