Re: REINDEX takes half a day (and still not complete!)

On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 7:14 AM, Phoenix Kiula <phoenix.kiula@gmail.com> wrote:
> # REINDEX INDEX new_idx_userid;
> server closed the connection unexpectedly
>        This probably means the server terminated abnormally
>        before or while processing the request.
> The connection to the server was lost. Attempting reset: Failed.
>
>
> What else could be wrong?


That's hardly enough information to guess, but since we're trying to
guess, maybe your maintainance_mem went overboard and your server ran
out of RAM. Or disk space.

Aside from a bug, that's the only reason I can think for a pg backend
to bail out like that. Well, the connection could have been cut off by
other means (ie: someone tripped on the cable or something), but lets
not dwell on those options.