Re: Postgres on filer via NFS

From: "R(dot)P(dot) Aditya" <aditya(at)grot(dot)org>
To: Brian Ghidinelli <brian(at)pukkasoft(dot)com>
Cc: SF Postgres <sfpug(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Postgres on filer via NFS
Date: 2009-03-25 00:19:29
Message-ID: 20090325001929.GA25492@mighty.grot.org
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On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 04:36:30PM -0700, Brian Ghidinelli wrote:
> Sorry for the newb question around filers; is there any truth in this
> (old) recommendation re: NFS still?
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/files/documentation/books/aw_pgsql/hw_performance/node11.html
>
> If not, perhaps it should have a caveat or be removed as it turns up in
> searches and threads?
>
>
> Brian, looking at NetApp FAS250 for ~40GB Postgres storage

Depending on your IO needs, running via NFS on a Netapp is perfectly feasible
and has some distinct advantages (fast backups using snapshots are the most
compelling):

http://archives.postgresql.org/sfpug/2008-06/msg00007.php

make sure you have enough NFS client threads...

Adi

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