Re: does postgresql works on distributed systems?

On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 12:32 AM, Guy Rouillier <guyr-ml1(at)burntmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Roberts, Jon wrote:
>>>
>>> He's talking about having the raw database files on a file server (eg
>>> SMB share). DB's like firebird and sqlite can handle this way of
>>> accessing the data using the embedded engines.
>>
>> Active-active, multiple server databases are either a shared nothing or
>> a shared disk system. Oracle, for instance is a shared disk system
>> where multiple database instances can connect to the same underlying
>> disk.
>
> I'm not sure the point you are making. We have all our Oracle databases
> stored on a NetApp, so I think this is the kind of configuration you are

He's talking about RAC