Re: Server writing short WAL files

beamsplitter@gmail.com writes:
> I'm having trouble with WAL files. Every 4th WAL file written by the server
> into pg_xlog is 24576 bytes instead of 16MB. A short WAL causes a fatal
> error during recovery.

Hm.  It's fairly hard to see how you could get into such a state to
start with, but once there was a short WAL file present in pg_xlog,
the server might keep on recycling it for re-use.  Try physically
deleting or padding out the short file.

            regards, tom lane