Andre Hackmann <ahackman(at)ebi(dot)ac(dot)uk> writes:
> If I vacuum before executing my index script (after my loading
> script has terminated), or after other huge data movements, the server
> doesn't crash. So, is this typical for hardware failures?
Hm. If you can reproduce the problem on demand, I'd be very interested
in looking at it with a debugger.
regards, tom lane