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Re: BUG #1208: Invalid page header

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: bruc@acm.org
Cc: peter_e@gmx.net, pgman@candle.pha.pa.us, bruc@stone.congenomics.com, pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org, hubert.froehlich@bvv.bayern.de
Date: 2004-08-21T23:46:43Z
Lists: pgsql-bugs 
"Robert E. Bruccoleri" <bruc@stone.congenomics.com> writes:
> 	I tried another load of the databases with fsync off (-F to
> the postmaster), and I encountered at least one invalid page
> header. Is there code in Postgres that handles the buffer cache
> differently if fsync is off?

I don't believe so.

You may care to read Joe Conway's recent tale of woe.  Just because you
bought a pile of expensive hardware does not prove it's not a hardware
problem ...

			regards, tom lane