Document that soft-mounting NFS is not recommended.

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Bruce Momjian 2008-03-21 14:23:37 +00:00
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<chapter Id="runtime">
<title>Operating System Environment</title>
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Specifically, delayed (asynchronous) writes to the <acronym>NFS</>
server can cause reliability problems; if possible, mount
<acronym>NFS</> file systems synchronously (without caching) to avoid
this. (Storage Area Networks (<acronym>SAN</>) use a low-level
this. Also, soft-mounting <acronym>NFS</> is not recommended.
(Storage Area Networks (<acronym>SAN</>) use a low-level
communication protocol rather than <acronym>NFS</>.)
</para>