raw devices

Started by Yves Dorfsmanalmost 26 years ago2 messagesgeneral
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Is there any way to use raw devices within postgreSQL, or does it support
file system only ??

Is there any reason for not supporting raw device, or is it just a
question of not having the time to write a driver ?

Yves.
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Yves Dorfsman dorfsmay@cuug.ab.ca
http://www.cuug.ab.ca/~dorfsmay

#2Joseph Shraibman
jks@selectacast.net
In reply to: Yves Dorfsman (#1)
Re: raw devices

This seems to be coming up so often perhaps somebody should put it in
the FAQ.

The reason it doesn't support raw devices, according to a moderately
long discussion not too long ago, is that with modern operating systems
it is better to let the OS handle the low level stuff.

Yves Dorfsman wrote:

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Is there any way to use raw devices within postgreSQL, or does it support
file system only ??

Is there any reason for not supporting raw device, or is it just a
question of not having the time to write a driver ?

Yves.
----
Yves Dorfsman dorfsmay@cuug.ab.ca
http://www.cuug.ab.ca/~dorfsmay