[GENERAL] raw devices

2000-07-10 Thread Yves Dorfsman
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[EMAIL

Re: [GENERAL] raw devices

2000-07-10 Thread Joseph Shraibman
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: