| From: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: small smgrcreate cleanup patch |
| Date: | 2010-08-20 14:01:55 |
| Message-ID: | AANLkTi=FH5uR=1d4tG-MgrMpwu7=FV370AtcWPNA8bXr@mail.gmail.com |
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On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Heikki Linnakangas
<heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
> On 20/08/10 16:30, Robert Haas wrote:
>>
>> I really like the idea of trying to use network-based storage in some
>> way. Gigabit Ethernet is a big I/O channel.
>
> NFS?
I don't particularly trust NFS to be either reliable or performant for
database use. Do you? And what if you want additional functionality,
like sharding or mirroring? ISTM that something built around a custom
protocol that mimics exactly what we need from the smgr layer would be
a lot easier to set up and a lot easier to be confident in.
--
Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise Postgres Company
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