On Mon, 2004-06-21 at 20:46, Andrew Rawnsley wrote: > On Jun 21, 2004, at 2:02 PM, Andrew Hammond wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > We're looking for an alternative to fiber-channel disk arrays for mass > > storage. One of the ideas that we're exploring would involve having the > > cluster on an NFS mounted filesystem. Another technology we're looking > > at is the Linux NBD (Network Block Device). > > > > No idea about NBDs, but its generally accepted that running over NFS > would significantly > decrease reliability and performance, i.e. it would be a Bad Move (tm). > Not sure what you > think to gain. I sure wouldn't trust NFS with a production database. > > What exactly are you trying to gain, avoid, or do?
I've gotten good performance over NFS using switched 100, then later gigabit. But I wouldn't trust it for diddly. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
