Re: DAFS?

Vincent Janelle <random@goblinstudios.com> writes:

> On 30 Oct 2002 08:47:18 -0500
> Doug McNaught <doug@mcnaught.org> wrote:
>
> > Graeme Hinchliffe <graeme@vianetworks.co.uk> writes:
> >
> > > but dafs isn't nfs.  we were trialing netapp for storage but are
> > > going back to local disks as the db ran VERY slowly in comparison.
> > > dafs should accelerate things from what i have read.
> >
> > If it presents a POSIX filesystem API then PG should work OK with it.
> >
> > -Doug
>
> Doesn't appear to.  A quick scan of the SDK docs appears as though as if
> its a direct implementation to access the storage of a device supporting
> it by applications, such as database servers over a network.. Kinda like
> raw devices.

Well then I can safely say it won't work with PG as distributed.  ;)

-Doug