Re: [ADMIN] Question on placing database on a network attached storage

2005-08-04 Thread Chris Travers
N/A wrote: Hi, I'm putting together a mission critical application which will use a Postgresql database, and I am trying to decide if I should place my Postgresql database on a network attached storage appliance or on local disks. Wherever possible, I think that local storage is almost al

Re: [ADMIN] Question on placing database on a network attached storage

2005-07-30 Thread Alvaro Herrera
On Sat, Jul 30, 2005 at 02:59:30PM -0700, Chris Travers wrote: > Also I wonder what the impact of several Postmasters trying to access > data over NFS would be. That will lead to corruption very quickly. -- Alvaro Herrera () "Estoy de acuerdo contigo en que la verdad absoluta no existe... El p

Re: [ADMIN] Question on placing database on a network attached storage

2005-07-30 Thread Chris Travers
N/A wrote: Chris, The NAS is a Network Appliance 920c. I understand that an individual file while be "intact" during a snap, (not sure I believe it, but that's what I'm told). Depending on the way that data is journalled, this may be a possibility (istr XFS is able to do this). The NAS m

Re: [ADMIN] Question on placing database on a network attached storage device

2005-07-30 Thread N/A
lesystem to a Linux Redhat 3 running the application.) - Original Message - From: "Chris Travers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "N/A" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 1:44 PM Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Question on placing database on a network attac