Re: Fwd: Re: A new look at old NFS readdir() problems?

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Larry Rosenman <ler(at)lerctr(dot)org>, Pgsql hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, Thomas Munro <tmunro(at)freebsd(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: A new look at old NFS readdir() problems?
Date: 2025-01-02 21:35:26
Message-ID: CA+Tgmobh=vSvR4uDmPJ6Y00MptUeoPnKdx19yLpR7GpfXXnt5w@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Jan 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> I'm still of the opinion that the best thing to do is disclaim
> safety of storing a database on NFS.

If we're going to disclaim support for NFS, it would certainly be
better to do that clearly and with reasons than otherwise. However, I
suspect a substantial number of users will still use NFS and then
blame us when it doesn't work; or alternatively say that our software
sucks because it doesn't work on NFS. Neither of which are very nice
outcomes.

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Robert Haas
EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com

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