Re: DAFS? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Doug McNaught
Subject Re: DAFS?
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Msg-id m34rb3d2yo.fsf@varsoon.wireboard.com
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In response to Re: DAFS?  (Graeme Hinchliffe <graeme@vianetworks.co.uk>)
Responses Re: DAFS?  ("scott.marlowe" <scott.marlowe@ihs.com>)
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Vincent Janelle <random@goblinstudios.com> writes:

> On 30 Oct 2002 08:47:18 -0500
> Doug McNaught <doug@mcnaught.org> wrote:
>
> > Graeme Hinchliffe <graeme@vianetworks.co.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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