Re: Postgres over Linux NBD or NFS
- From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
- To: Andrew Hammond <ahammond(at)ca(dot)afilias(dot)info>
- Cc: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
- Subject: Re: Postgres over Linux NBD or NFS
- Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 21:33:01 -0400
- Message-id: <8681.1087867981@sss.pgh.pa.us> <text/plain>
Andrew Hammond <ahammond(at)ca(dot)afilias(dot)info> writes:
> We're looking for an alternative to fiber-channel disk arrays for mass
> storage. One of the ideas that we're exploring would involve having the
> cluster on an NFS mounted filesystem. Another technology we're looking
> at is the Linux NBD (Network Block Device).
There are a lot of horror stories concerning running databases (not only
Postgres) over NFS. I wouldn't recommend it. Dunno anything about NBD
though.
regards, tom lane
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