NickName:zelinka Ask DateTime:2016-07-20T04:14:54 Is (sudo) service postgresql restart a clean shutdown I know database indexes can become corrupted if the server crashes. If I do: sudo service postgresql restart can that cause the same kind of corruption as a server crash? Copyright Notice:Content Author:「zelinka」,Reproduced under the CC 4.0 BY-SA copyright license with a link to the original source and this disclaimer.Link to original article:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38467697/is-sudo-service-postgresql-restart-a-clean-shutdown Answers