Re: DAFS?

From: Vincent Janelle <random(at)goblinstudios(dot)com>
To: Doug McNaught <doug(at)mcnaught(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: DAFS?
Date: 2002-10-30 21:22:47
Message-ID: 20021030162247.2a441a90.random@goblinstudios.com
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On 30 Oct 2002 08:47:18 -0500
Doug McNaught <doug(at)mcnaught(dot)org> wrote:

> Graeme Hinchliffe <graeme(at)vianetworks(dot)co(dot)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.

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