Re: database corruption

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> - SuSE 9.1
> - 2.6.6 kernel
> - Postgres 7.4.2
> - 300 TPS against DB containing 5-50GB data, no more than a dozen
>   concurrent connections.
> - fsync (or not) and fdatasync

I remember a problem that was fixed in the 2.6.9 kernel concerning XFS
corruption (shutdowns I think were the worst). Also introduced some JFS
stuff, but I don't run JFS so I didn't really pay much attention to
that.

Can you try a later (the latest?) vanilla kernel?

AmadeusZ.-