Re: DAFS?

From: Doug McNaught <doug(at)mcnaught(dot)org>
To: Vincent Janelle <random(at)goblinstudios(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: DAFS?
Date: 2002-10-30 21:35:59
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Vincent Janelle <random(at)goblinstudios(dot)com> writes:

> On 30 Oct 2002 08:47:18 -0500
> Doug McNaught <doug(at)mcnaught(dot)org> wrote:
>
> > Graeme Hinchliffe <graeme(at)vianetworks(dot)co(dot)uk> writes:
> >
> > > but dafs isn't nfs. we were trialing netapp for storage but are
> > > going back to local disks as the db ran VERY slowly in comparison.
> > > dafs should accelerate things from what i have read.
> >
> > If it presents a POSIX filesystem API then PG should work OK with it.
> >
> > -Doug
>
> Doesn't appear to. A quick scan of the SDK docs appears as though as if
> its a direct implementation to access the storage of a device supporting
> it by applications, such as database servers over a network.. Kinda like
> raw devices.

Well then I can safely say it won't work with PG as distributed. ;)

-Doug

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