Bruce Momjian <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Chris Hoover wrote: >> If you have any real life good or bad stories, I'd love to hear it. Given >> the NetApp arrays supposedly being very good NFS platforms, overall, is this >> a recommended way to run PostgreSQL, or is it recommended to not run this >> way. > We do have an NFS section in our documentation at the bottom of this > page: > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/creating-cluster.html Aside from what's said there, I'd note that it's a seriously bad idea to use a "soft mount" or any arrangement wherein it's possible for Postgres to be running while the NFS disk is not mounted. Joe Conway can still show you the scars from learning that lesson, I believe. See the archives... regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance
