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.