On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 07:45:01PM -0400, Robert Haas wrote: > On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 5:46 PM, daveg <da...@sonic.net> wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 09:46:41AM -0400, Robert Haas wrote: > >> On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 8:28 PM, daveg <da...@sonic.net> wrote: > >> > My client has been seeing regular instances of the following sort of > >> > problem: > >> On what version of PostgreSQL? > > > > 9.0.4. > > > > I previously said: > >> > This occurs on postgresql 9.0.4. on 32 core 512GB Dell boxes. We have > >> > identical systems still running 8.4.8 that do not have this issue, so I'm > >> > assuming it is related to the vacuum full work done for 9.0. Oddly, we > >> > don't > >> > see this on the smaller hosts (8 core, 64GB, slower cpus) running 9.0.4, > >> > so it may be timing related. > > Ah, OK, sorry. Well, in 9.0, VACUUM FULL is basically CLUSTER, which > means that a REINDEX is happening as part of the same operation. In > 9.0, there's no point in doing VACUUM FULL immediately followed by > REINDEX. My guess is that this is happening either right around the > time the VACUUM FULL commits or right around the time the REINDEX > commits. It'd be helpful to know which, if you can figure it out.
I'll update my vacuum script to skip reindexes after vacuum full for 9.0 servers and see if that makes the problem go away. Thanks for reminding me that they are not needed. However, I suspect it is the vacuum, not the reindex causing the problem. I'll update when I know. > If there's not a hardware problem causing those read errors, maybe a > backend is somehow ending up with a stale or invalid relcache entry. > I'm not sure exactly how that could be happening, though... It does not appear to be a hardware problem. I also suspect it is a stale relcache. -dg -- David Gould da...@sonic.net 510 536 1443 510 282 0869 If simplicity worked, the world would be overrun with insects. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
