Larry Rosenman wrote:
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> --On Tuesday, October 14, 2003 15:31:42 -0400 Bruce Momjian
> <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> wrote:
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> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> Michael Brusser <michael@synchronicity.com> writes:
> >> > Yes, we use NFS. Many of our customers use it as well.
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> >> You are of course aware that this is not real safe...
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> > Maybe we should throw a "stop using NFS" if we get an EINTR from
> > read()/write(), or explain what NFS options they should avoid.
> Err, some of us use NetApp filers as NFS servers for our PG data, and I
> believe that that negates at least some of the risk. I don't want to see
> us (PG) not support something just because it *MAY* be unsafe.
True. I was going by the guy who said that only unsafe NFS flags will
cause this behavior --- and of course, 1/2 of it was a joke, and the
other 1/2 was just an idea thrown out.
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