Andrew Hammond <ahammond(at)ca(dot)afilias(dot)info> writes:
> We're looking for an alternative to fiber-channel disk arrays for mass
> storage. One of the ideas that we're exploring would involve having the
> cluster on an NFS mounted filesystem. Another technology we're looking
> at is the Linux NBD (Network Block Device).
There are a lot of horror stories concerning running databases (not only
Postgres) over NFS. I wouldn't recommend it. Dunno anything about NBD
though.
regards, tom lane