Re: "make check" fails over NFS or tmpfs

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: "Rafael Martinez, Guerrero" <r(dot)m(dot)guerrero(at)usit(dot)uio(dot)no>, SODA Noriyuki <soda(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp>, takuya(at)soum(dot)co(dot)jp
Subject: Re: "make check" fails over NFS or tmpfs
Date: 2006-05-22 09:00:36
Message-ID: 200605221100.37759.peter_e@gmx.net
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Am Montag, 22. Mai 2006 09:17 schrieb Rafael Martinez, Guerrero:
> To have a database on a NFS filesystem is a disaster waiting to happen,
> specially if the NFS server is running on Linux. Not to talk on the
> performance penalty of running the database via NFS.

With all due respect, this is a bunch of FUD. When used properly, NFS is
perfectly safe and well-performing for a PostgreSQL database or any other
application.

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Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/

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