On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 11:09 AM, Tom Duffey <tduffey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi All, > > We're having numerous problems with a PostgreSQL 8.3.7 database running on a > virtual Linux server w/VMWare ESX. This is not by choice and I have been > asking the operator of this equipment for details about the disk setup and > here's what I got: > > "We have a SAN that is presenting an NFS share. VMWare sees that share and > reads the VMDK file that make up the virtual file system." > > Does anyone with a better understanding of PostgreSQL and VMWare know if > this is an unreliable setup for PostgreSQL? I see things like "NFS" and > "VMWare" and start to get worried. I see VMWare and thing performance issues, I see NFS and thing dear god help us all. Even if properly setup NFS is a problem waiting to happen, and it's not reliable storage for a database in my opinion. That said, lots of folks do it. Ask for the NFS mount options from the sysadmin. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
