Re: [GENERAL] xlog corruption

2012-03-25 Thread Jameison Martin
f the WAL.  i'd like some unequivocal indication that the WAL was corrupted. thanks. From: Jeff Davis To: Jameison Martin Cc: "pgsql-general@postgresql.org" Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 3:55 PM Subject: Re: [GENERAL] xlog corruption On Mon,

Re: [GENERAL] synchronous replication: blocking commit on the master

2012-02-28 Thread Jameison Martin
d to work out the mechanics of bringing the slave back up to sync with the master and adding it back to the replica set, which would clearly require some additional machinery. i hope that clears it up. thanks. From: Adrian Klaver To: Jameison Martin Cc: "

Re: [GENERAL] synchronous replication: blocking commit on the master

2012-02-28 Thread Jameison Martin
master. Thanks. From: Adrian Klaver To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org; Jameison Martin Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 5:52 PM Subject: Re: [GENERAL] synchronous replication: blocking commit on the master On Monday, February 27, 2012 4:36:26 pm Jameison Martin wrote: > I ha

[GENERAL] xlog corruption

2012-02-27 Thread Jameison Martin
I'd like to get some clarification around an architectural point about recovery. I see that it is normal to see "unexpected pageaddr" errors during recovery because of the way Postgres overwrites old log files, and thus this is taken to be a normal termination condition, i.e. the end of the log

[GENERAL] synchronous replication: blocking commit on the master

2012-02-27 Thread Jameison Martin
I have observed that a commit on a replication master hangs if there are no slaves to communicate with if synchronous replication is enabled. I believe I have seen a posting that this behavior is deliberate. In my environment I'd prefer to have the master continue processing transactions if the

[GENERAL] "canceling autovacuum time"

2012-02-27 Thread Jameison Martin
I'm seeing "GMTERROR: canceling autovacuum task" lines in my logs. 2012-02-27 23:53:28 GMTLOG:  checkpoint starting: time >2012-02-27 23:53:31 GMTERROR:  canceling autovacuum task >2012-02-27 23:53:31 GMTCONTEXT:  automatic vacuum of table >".pg_toast.pg_toast_33254" >2012-02-27 23:53:32 GMTERRO