dear experts,

multiple chains crashed in rel_3 recperftests with an error of this type. here is a logfile snippet from recperftests/all_bs:

===== job report produced by rawtoesd version unknown =====
command=/afs/cern.ch/atlas/software/builds/nightlies/devval/atlasreconstruction/rel_3/installarea/share/bin/rawtoesd_trf.py inputbsfile=/afs/cern.ch/atlas/project/pmb/data/data11_7tev.00189822.physics_jettauetmiss.merge.raw._lb0120._sfo-11._0001.1_1000evts maxevents=250 autoconfiguration=everything --athenaopts=--stdcmalloc preexec=from@perfmoncomps.perfmonflags@import@jobproperties@as@pmjp,,pmjp.perfmonflags.domallocmonitoring=true,,pmjp.perfmonflags.dopostprocessing=true,,pmjp.perfmonflags.dosemidetailedmonitoringfullprint=true outputdqmonitorfile=mymon.root
exitcode=10
errorcode=11000 (ath_failure)
fatals=0
errors=0
warnings=2
workdir=/pool/lsf/rtt/179702902
athcode=8
rundiravailabledisk=156819410944
dbrelease=
athacronym=an unknown exception occurred
rundiruseddisk=365373
atlasrelease=rel_3
writing jobinfo_rawtoesd.xml file...

the full log file may be found here:
https://atlasrtt.cern.ch/rtt_j_r/rel_3/devval/build/x86_64-slc5-gcc43-opt/offline/recperftests/all_bs/all_bs_log

the current command was:
/afs/cern.ch/atlas/software/builds/nightlies/devval/atlasreconstruction/rel_3/installarea/share/bin/rawtoesd_trf.py

please consult:
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https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/viewauth/atlas/recbuginvestigation

cheers, 
robert (valshift)