I would NEVER run a production server in windows! These are just laptops/workstations that are used for development e.g, when network connections are not available or when travelling. But these things still shouldn't occur. I will also try the beta release on these machines to see if it goes away. Andrew -----Original Message----- From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, 19 June 2009 15:03 To: Craig Ringer Cc: a.maclean@xxxxxxxxxx; General Subject: Re: postgresql-8.3.7 unexpected connection closures Craig Ringer <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I increasingly wonder if Symantec or McAfee can be persuaded to offer a > buildfarm machine with their software to PostgreSQL. Virus scanners on > servers are an (IMO nearly insane) fact of life on Windows, apparently, > and certainly on Windows desktops that may also run PostgreSQL, so it > needs to get along with them. There's always the "friends don't let friends run servers on Windows" approach. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general