VMWare file system / database corruption

Hi All,

We're having numerous problems with a PostgreSQL 8.3.7 database
running on a virtual Linux server w/VMWare ESX. This is not by choice
and I have been asking the operator of this equipment for details
about the disk setup and here's what I got:

"We have a SAN that is presenting an NFS share. VMWare sees that
share and reads the VMDK file that make up the virtual file system."

Does anyone with a better understanding of PostgreSQL and VMWare know
if this is an unreliable setup for PostgreSQL? I see things like
"NFS" and "VMWare" and start to get worried.

Tom

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