Re: PostgreSQL server embedded in NAS firmware?

From: Andrew Barnham <andrew(dot)barnham(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL server embedded in NAS firmware?
Date: 2012-09-06 22:40:38
Message-ID: CAC9_YpZXANBt-VKxaWcvbPmHu8vObWHsR0=aAp1Lr0AxOGMjMA@mail.gmail.com
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Scratch that. An immediate show stopping pitfall occurs to me: the
necessity to match CPU/OS Architecture between primary server and replicate
target. Doubtful that there are any consumer NAS products out there
running linux on 64bit/intel

On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 8:23 AM, Andrew Barnham <andrew(dot)barnham(at)gmail(dot)com>wrote:

> Hi
>
> I currently run a modest streaming replication target on a cheap, single
> disk ASUS media center; replicating a 100GB PG database.
>
> I want to add RAID via a consumer grade NAS device.
>
> As far as I can tell consumer grade NAS devices these days appear to be
> fairly rich & flexible embedded lniux/freebsd systems.
>
> Has anyone had any experience with running postgresql on the NAS device
> itself? Which products? Any traps or pitfalls or integrity concerns about
> such an arrangement?
>
> Andrew
>

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