Thanks for the reply. >>>>> On Mon, 22 May 2006 01:05:38 -0400, Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> said: > SODA Noriyuki <soda@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> We've encountered failures of "make check", when we put PostgreSQL >> data directory on a NFS filesystem or a tmpfs filesystem. >> It doesn't always fail, but fails occasionally. > Is the NFS filesystem mounted fail-soft? It's mounted with "hard" option. > As a rule, database people will tell you to just go away if you > admit to running a database over NFS. Its idea of reliability > is at least an order of magnitude worse than what we consider > acceptable. Yeah ;) But weren't you surprised by the fact that tmpfs doesn't work either, and fails more quicker than nfs? Anyway, thanks for the reply. -- SODA Noriyuki
