Bricklen Anderson <BAnderson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Noticed this in one of my pg logs last Friday: > LOG: could not fsync segment 0 of relation 1663/16387/22359: Input/output error > ERROR: storage sync failed on magnetic disk: Input/output error That's a hardware problem. Run some disk diagnostics, and/or think about replacing your drive before it fails completely. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match