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From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Multiple backends on a single physical database
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Msg-id 200210101409.g9AE9t329633@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: Multiple backends on a single physical database  (Vincent Janelle <random@goblinstudios.com>)
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Vincent Janelle wrote:
> No.  Only one postmaster can access the PGDATA dir at one time.
>  Attempting to run multiple copies will result in data corruption.

We also don't recommend NFS directories because the NFS file behavior is
not 100% the same as a local file system.

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