Re: can postgres run well on NFS mounted partitions?

[John McKown <john.archie.mckown@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 1:09 PM, Patric Bechtel <patric.bechtel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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Hi Anj,

anj patnaik schrieb am 06.11.2015 um 23:37:
> Can anyone advise if there are problems running postgres over NFS mounted partitions?
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> I do need reliability and high speed.

then don't do this. Period. Put postgres where your data is.

​I agree. This was discussed, in depth, a while back over on the SQLite forum. Basically NFS does not reliably implement all the file system protocols, such as locking, which are really needed by a data base. NFS is excellent for stuff like backups and even source code repositories.​

 

/Patric

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