gjgowey at tmo.blackberry.net wrote: > If using a file system for the file storage isn't mandatory then I would go with an rdbms such as Postgres with the file stored in a blob field of a table. If the systems are in the same location and can use a shared Filesystem then I would look into getting a netraid scsi card or something similar. The netraid cards have the very nice capability of all sitting on a single scsi bus along with the datastore device (a hard drive or hdd array). There's no replication that occurs because they are all using the same data source jointly. > The application for which I have an immediate requirement actually uses postgres *and* files. the files are required because of stupid external reasons, they are collected and FTP'd to another system beyond our control. I'm already intending to evaluate Slony-I for the postgres replication.