On Saturday 27 February 2010 @ 22:18, Greg Smith wrote: > Ed L. wrote: > > 2010-02-27 20:11:10.426 CST [23134] LOG: database system > > was not properly shut down; automatic recovery in progress > > 2010-02-27 20:11:10.497 CST [23134] LOG: record with > > zero length at 8BC/63F6020 2010-02-27 20:11:10.497 CST > > [23134] LOG: redo is not required > > If the server is hung at this point, it was doing something: > recovery from a crash, and during that period it will not > respond to statements until it's finished as you noted. That > can take some time, could run into the minutes. And if you > kill it, next time the process starts all over again having > made no progress. > > I'd try starting the server again, confirm it's only after > this point it pauses at, watching if it's doing something > with "top -c", and grab some backtraces of what it's doing > then. In this sample you gave, the shutdown was too fast for > the server have done very recovery before it was killed off. > It may just be you need to let it sit there for a while to > finish recovery and then it will be fine again, can't tell > from the data you've provided so far. > Good point from my example, but it hung like that for 8 hours, and seems to be ready to do so again. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general