Re: DAFS? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Graeme Hinchliffe
Subject Re: DAFS?
Date
Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.44.0210301157530.27239-100000@donkey.noc.u-net.net
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In response to Re: DAFS?  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Responses Re: DAFS?  (Dave Thompson <thompd@guppi.net>)
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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.

graeme

On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote:

>
> I know some folks are using NetApp and haven't had any problems.  We
> don't officially support it because we discourage NFS because the file
> semantics are not the same as Unix file semantics.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> ghinchliffe@vianetworks.co.uk wrote:
> > Hiya
> >     We use NetApp filers for network attached storage, these support
> > the DAFS protocol.  Is there any support or plan for support of this in
> > PostgreSQL?  Would be VERY handy if it was supported.
> >
> > DAFS info can be obtained at:
> >
> > http://www.dafscollaborative.org
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