Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> > Chris Hoover wrote:
> >> If you have any real life good or bad stories, I'd love to hear it. Given
> >> the NetApp arrays supposedly being very good NFS platforms, overall, is this
> >> a recommended way to run PostgreSQL, or is it recommended to not run this
> >> way.
>
> > We do have an NFS section in our documentation at the bottom of this
> > page:
> > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/creating-cluster.html
>
> Aside from what's said there, I'd note that it's a seriously bad idea
> to use a "soft mount" or any arrangement wherein it's possible for
> Postgres to be running while the NFS disk is not mounted. Joe Conway
> can still show you the scars from learning that lesson, I believe.
> See the archives...
Do the docs need updating for this?
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