Received: from maia.hub.org (maia-3.hub.org [200.46.204.243]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCF631337BDB for ; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:47:04 -0400 (AST) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.243]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 15784-01 for ; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 22:46:57 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from lpo-relay-05.vmsinfo.com (lpo-relay-05.vmsinfo.com [216.169.137.116]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8B241337BBA for ; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:46:54 -0400 (AST) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.60,209,1291611600"; d="scan'208";a="30847184" Received: from unknown (HELO lpo-mailbox-01.vmsinfo.com) ([216.169.137.252]) by lpo-relay-05.vmsinfo.com with ESMTP; 21 Dec 2010 17:46:54 -0500 Received: from [10.101.43.35] (unknown [216.169.135.235]) by lpo-mailbox-01.vmsinfo.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A63A47D00B; Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:46:54 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <4D112E5E.9090309@vmsinfo.com> Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:46:54 -0500 From: Mladen Gogala Organization: VMS User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (X11/20101027) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rich CC: "pgsql-performance@postgresql.org" Subject: Re: Performance of PostgreSQL over NFS References: <4D10FFEE.4070907@vmsinfo.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.91 tagged_above=-10 required=5 tests=BAYES_00=-1.9, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201012/272 X-Sequence-Number: 41724 Rich wrote: > I am wondering why anyone would do that? Too much overhead and no > reliable enough. Apparently, NetApp thinks that it is reliable. They're selling that stuff for years. I know that Oracle works with NetApp, they even have their own user mode NFS client driver, I am not sure about PostgreSQL. Did anybody try that? -- Mladen Gogala Sr. Oracle DBA 1500 Broadway New York, NY 10036 (212) 329-5251 http://www.vmsinfo.com The Leader in Integrated Media Intelligence Solutions