Re: PostgreSQL over NFS?

* Shaw Terwilliger <sterwill@sourcegear.com> [010209 15:12] wrote:
> I've been using PostgreSQL for a few years now in various projects, and
> I've been very happy with its features and performance.
>
> I have a client who wants to know how PostgreSQL (7) will perform over
> NFS.  The NFS client is Solaris, the server is a big network storage
> appliance.  The network is probably gigabit ethernet.
>
> My first reaction is to tell them they're just crazy, and that's not how
> a database is intended to work, and they should buy some fast, redundant
> local storage.   I thought I'd ask the designers and users here so I could
> back up my recommendations.

NFS == Not F****** Stable, don't do it. :)  Any DBA will want to
hurt you when he hears about you running a production DB over NFS.

--
-Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]
"I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."