On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 9:14 AM, Jerry Levan <jerry.levan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > ERROR: could not seek to end of file "global/12292": Too many open files > LOG: out of file descriptors: Too many open files; release and retry [...] > Any idea what the problem could have been? Well, it tells for itself. It is out of file descriptors. Assuming you are on Linux, the ways to fix it (to increase the limit) are described by the link [1]. Chose one that suits you better. [1] http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-increase-the-maximum-number-of-open-files/ -- Kind regards, Sergey Konoplev PostgreSQL Consultant and DBA http://www.linkedin.com/in/grayhemp +1 (415) 867-9984, +7 (901) 903-0499, +7 (988) 888-1979 gray.ru@xxxxxxxxx -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general