PostgreSQL with database stored on NFS mount

[Tristan Oldfield]

Hi,

I was considering whether it would be OK to have JIRA configured with the PostgreSQL database stored on an NFS mount. I.e., PostgresSQL running on the same VM as JIRA, but with the actual data stored on a partition that is mounted via NFS.

Is this acceptable or advised against - I am not sure what is recommended by Atlassian. Is there anything you would caution against in this regard?

Regards,

Tristan

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Accepted solution]

They don't really have a recommendation on this.

As long as the database serves Jira as the data store and is stable, Jira does not really care about the hardware behind it.  It is abstracted away.

Whether it is advisable to run PostGres with its data on NFS is probably a question for PostGres fora.  Personally, I'd run away from it, because it's complex and NFS fails with plenty of things, it makes me suspect it's not suitable for databases as well.

[Tristan Oldfield]

Thanks Nic, appreciated.