Re: shared buffer hash table corrupted

From: "Scott Marlowe" <smarlowe(at)qwest(dot)net>
To: "Adrian Maier" <adrianmaier(at)ultrapro(dot)ro>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: shared buffer hash table corrupted
Date: 2004-08-02 08:17:59
Message-ID: 1091434679.27166.17.camel@localhost.localdomain
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On Mon, 2004-08-02 at 00:09, Adrian Maier wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On the production server I have PostgreSql 7.4.3 , on Mandrake Linux 9.2.
> In the message log on 29 july I have received several "shared buffer
> hash table
> corrupted" errors .
> What could cause this error ? (bad RAM maybe?)

Most likely, although a bad CPU or cache can cause the same problems
too. Most of the time it's RAM, as a bad CPU is generally much more
likely to make the machine just crash all the time, not just have
smaller issues like this.

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