On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 03:09:57PM +0800, Craig Ringer wrote: > ENOSPC doesn't seem to be a concern during normal operation of major file > systems (ext3, ext4, btrfs, xfs) because they reserve space before returning > from write(). But if a buffered write does manage to fail due to ENOSPC we'll > definitely see the same problems. This makes ENOSPC on NFS a potentially data > corrupting condition since NFS doesn't preallocate space before returning from > write().
This does explain why NFS has a reputation for unreliability for Postgres. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + As you are, so once was I. As I am, so you will be. + + Ancient Roman grave inscription +
