That is remote block storage, not a remote filesystem. Remote block storage just has a "longer wire" going to the block storage. iSCSI, for example, will let you put your block storage anywhere, even in orbit. The filesystem, however, still resides on the local computer.
>-----Original Message----- >From: sqlite-users <sqlite-users-boun...@mailinglists.sqlite.org> On >Behalf Of Gary R. Schmidt >Sent: Wednesday, 25 September, 2019 23:13 >To: sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org >Subject: Re: [sqlite] Safe to use SQLite over a sketchy network? > >On 26/09/2019 15:00, Jens Alfke wrote: >> >>> On Sep 24, 2019, at 3:48 PM, Keith Medcalf <kmedc...@dessus.com> >wrote: >>> >>> There are not, to my knowledge, any client/server database systems >that will work properly if the database resides on a network filesystem >(meaning remote multi-access). The "client" is remote from the "server" >because the "client" and "server" use some sort of IPC mechanism (of >which a network is an example) so that the "client" can send commands to >and receive responses from the "server". >> >> Well, obviously. “Client/server” means databases like MySQL or Oracle. >No one would run those with the server using a networked file system. >> >I might have dreamt it, but NetAPP had an add-on for Oracle, quite >probably still do, that enhanced performance and behaviour when used for >storage. > >Not sure if it was applied to the server or the NAS, possibly both, but >it was an Oracle-recommended solution for large storage requirements. > > Cheers, > Gary B-) >_______________________________________________ >sqlite-users mailing list >sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org >http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
