Tom Lane wrote: > 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... Do the docs need updating for this? -- Bruce Momjian <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://postgres.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance
