| From: | Andrew McMillan <andrew(at)catalyst(dot)net(dot)nz> |
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| To: | Andreas Gabriel <a-gabriel(at)web(dot)de> |
| Cc: | pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Postgres DB on smbfs? |
| Date: | 2002-10-29 18:30:43 |
| Message-ID: | 1035916243.2130.21.camel@kant.mcmillan.net.nz |
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On Tue, 2002-10-29 at 22:41, Andreas Gabriel wrote:
> It's possible to use and save Postgres DB on a NT smbfs filesystem (smbmount)?
It should be possible, but it is never recommended to have the database
on a network file system.
What would happen if the network server were to be shut down in the
middle of a transaction? You would be needing to restore from backup, I
suspect.
Cheers,
Andrew.
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