diff -r 60c237bb677a -r 146b3275b792 org/sonews/daemon/NNTPConnection.java
--- a/org/sonews/daemon/NNTPConnection.java	Sat May 01 18:51:57 2010 +0200
+++ b/org/sonews/daemon/NNTPConnection.java	Sun May 09 12:38:46 2010 +0200
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 import org.sonews.daemon.command.Command;
 import org.sonews.storage.Article;
 import org.sonews.storage.Channel;
+import org.sonews.storage.StorageBackendException;
 import org.sonews.util.Log;
 import org.sonews.util.Stats;
 
@@ -275,7 +276,17 @@
     try
     {
       // The command object will process the line we just received
-      command.processLine(this, line, raw);
+      try
+      {
+        command.processLine(this, line, raw);
+      }
+      catch(StorageBackendException ex)
+      {
+        Log.get().info("Retry command processing after StorageBackendException");
+
+        // Try it a second time, so that the backend has time to recover
+        command.processLine(this, line, raw);
+      }
     }
     catch(ClosedChannelException ex0)
     {
@@ -289,7 +300,7 @@
         ex0a.printStackTrace();
       }
     }
-    catch(Exception ex1)
+    catch(Exception ex1) // This will catch a second StorageBackendException
     {
       try
       {