Re: Corrupted Data ?

From: Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
To: Ioana Danes <ioanadanes(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Corrupted Data ?
Date: 2016-08-08 16:55:18
Message-ID: 833d31e6-3017-8be7-f6c9-74212ae13e89@aklaver.com
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On 08/08/2016 09:47 AM, Ioana Danes wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 12:37 PM, Adrian Klaver
> <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com <mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>> wrote:
>
> On 08/08/2016 09:28 AM, Ioana Danes wrote:
>
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 12:19 PM, Adrian Klaver
> <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com <mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
> <mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com
> <mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>>> wrote:
>
> On 08/08/2016 09:11 AM, Ioana Danes wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I suspect I am having a case of data corruption. Here
> are the
> details:
>
> I am running postgres 9.4.8:
>
> postgresql94-9.4.8-1PGDG.rhel7.x86_64
> postgresql94-contrib-9.4.8-1PGDG.rhel7.x86_64
> postgresql94-libs-9.4.8-1PGDG.rhel7.x86_64
> postgresql94-server-9.4.8-1PGDG.rhel7.x86_64
>
> on CentOS Linux release 7.2.1511 (Core)
>
> This is happening in a production environment but
> luckily on the
> reporting database.
> I have a cluster of 3 databases, db1 and db2 are masters and
> replicate
> between each other and also replicate to db3 (db1 <->
> db2, db1
> -> db3,
> db2 -> db3).
> For replication I am using Bucardo.
>
>
> I would say this is more a question for the Burcardo list:
>
> https://mail.endcrypt.com/mailman/listinfo/bucardo-general
> <https://mail.endcrypt.com/mailman/listinfo/bucardo-general>
> <https://mail.endcrypt.com/mailman/listinfo/bucardo-general
> <https://mail.endcrypt.com/mailman/listinfo/bucardo-general>>
>
> I am just not seeing that replicating two masters on to a single
> database is going to end well.
>
>
> Only one master is active at one time the other one is in stand
> by that
> is a topic for another discussion but in our case that works well.
>
> That was my first assumption, that it is a kind of a race
> condition or a
> bug on replication but I quickly ruled that out because that
> does not
> explain why when I filtered the table by transactionid = 75315815 it
> shows one record with transactionid 75315811...
>
> select gameplayid, transactionid, encodedplay from
> abrazo.matchgameplay
> where transactionid in (75315815) order by transactionid;;
> gameplayid | transactionid | encodedplay
> ------------+---------------+--------------
> 160019271 | 75315815 | mix:9,0,9
> 160019269 | 75315815 | mix:9,8,9
> 160019267 | 75315815 | mix:9,2,2
> 160019265 | 75315815 | mix:2,2,8
> 160019263 | *75315811 *| backup:1,9,1
> 160019261 | 75315815 | backup:2,0,9
>
> So I don't think it is a replication issue...
>
>
> Other that, if I am following correctly, it is on the database(db3)
> being replicated to. The only way db3 is getting its data is through
> replication, is that correct?. On the master databases the data is
> correct.
>
> OK, let's assume that what you're saying is correct and the replication
> has a bug, or corruption or whatever that is and the record gets created
> with transactionid = 75315811. Bucardo replication is trigger based and
> it is using a copy command to insert the new records into the replicated
> database.
>
> Then how can I explain that my query select gameplayid, transactionid,
> encodedplay from abrazo.matchgameplay where transactionid in (75315815)
> order by transactionid; returns me a record with transactionid 75315811???

Corrupted index on db3?

Might want to look in the db3 logs to see if anything pops out.

I just do not know enough about Burcardo to be of much help beyond that.

>
> Thanks,
> ioana
>
>
>
> --
> Adrian Klaver
> adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com <mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
>
>

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