Re: Multiple backends on a single physical database

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Vincent Janelle <random(at)goblinstudios(dot)com>
Cc: Anuradha Ratnaweera <anuradha(at)gnu(dot)org>, pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Multiple backends on a single physical database
Date: 2002-10-10 14:09:55
Message-ID: 200210101409.g9AE9t329633@candle.pha.pa.us
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Vincent Janelle wrote:
> No. Only one postmaster can access the PGDATA dir at one time.
> Attempting to run multiple copies will result in data corruption.

We also don't recommend NFS directories because the NFS file behavior is
not 100% the same as a local file system.

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