Hi Richard, : Are you: : 1. Looking to spread disk-accesses over several machines, or : 2. Looking to run multiple PostgreSQL server against the same : database? : : You might be ok with #1, but not #2. Thanks for the quick response. I am looking at #2, but I could not find anything from my searches. If I am looking to access large amounts of data, such as in a data center, would it be better to run a/several database servers and accessing them across the network? Kind regards, Henry ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ?The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and may contain proprietary information. It is meant solely for the intended recipient. Access to this e-mail by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted in reliance on this, is prohibited and may be unlawful .No liability or responsibility is accepted if information or data is, for whatever reason corrupted or does not reach its intended recipient. No warranty is given that this e-mail is free of viruses. The views expressed in this e-mail are, unless otherwise stated, those of the author and not those of FirstRand Bank Limited or its management. FirstRand Bank Limited reserves the right to monitor, intercept and block e-mails addressed to its users or take any other action in accordance with its e-mail use policy. Licensed divisions of FirstRand Bank Limited are authorised financial service providers in terms of the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act 37 of 2002.? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________