On 23 Červenec 2011, 18:14, Yan Chunlu wrote: > thanks for the help! > are there any other possible reasons? > > both system are using Debian amd64, as uname -a shows: > Linux washington 2.6.26-2-amd64 #1 SMP Tue Mar 9 22:29:32 UTC 2010 > x86_64 GNU/Linux It is not just about the architecture, it means the PostgreSQL was configured somehow differently during the build. E.g. a different block size or WAL block size would make such problems. Or maybe one of the buils might be 32-bit for some reason (you can run 32-bit system in a 64-bit environment). You can do this $ less postgres | grep Class to check this (ELF32 => 32bit, ELF64 => 64bit). Did you use the same binary packages or have you built the server yourself? Tomas -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general