Re: PostgreSQL on S3-backed Block Storage with Near-Local Performance

From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
To: Pierre Barre <pierre(at)barre(dot)sh>, pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL on S3-backed Block Storage with Near-Local Performance
Date: 2025-07-18 04:40:58
Message-ID: 3345416f84147603587ff8656cc3ac95b6787744.camel@cybertec.at
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On Fri, 2025-07-18 at 00:57 +0200, Pierre Barre wrote:
> Looking forward to your feedback and questions!

I think the biggest hurdle you will have to overcome is to
convince notoriously paranoid DBAs that this tall stack
provides reliable service, honors fsync() etc.

Performance is great, but it is not everything. If things
perform surprisingly well, people become suspicious.

> P.S. The full project includes a custom NFS filesystem too.

"NFS" is a key word that does not inspire confidence in
PostgreSQL circles...

Yours,
Laurenz Albe

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