Gregory Youngblood wrote: >Is corruption a problem? I don't think so - but I want to make sure I haven't had my >head in the sand for a while. :) I realize this instance appears to be on Windows, >which is relatively new as a native Windows program. I'm really after the answer on >more mature platforms (including Linux). crappy disk drives and bad windows file systems, nothing more. postgresql is rather corruption free when the surrounding hardware and software environments are well chosen. if you do have to use cheap disk drives/controllers, then a battery backup unit that shuts the server down automagically is a really really good idea. getting that IDE cache flushed is pretty high on the priority list. richard ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly