Question about using NFS/AWS EFS

[BenB196]

Hello,

I am looking at potentially using VictoriaMetrics and storing the data on a NFS or an AWS EFS (Amazon's NFS) share. I know if the past with some other databases, using NFS shares has been discouraged. I was wondering if VictoriaMetrics has been tested using NFS, or even supports it usage?

Thanks in advance.

[valyala]

We didn't test VictoriaMetrics with NFS shares. It should work.
But I'd recommend using Google Compute Engine disks or Amazon EBS instead, since they provide better reliability comparing to NFS. Google disks are preferred, since they are protected from data corruption / loss and they are faster than Amazon EBS.

[hagen1778]

Just want to add that vertical scalability benchmarks were conducted on Google Cloud.

[BenB196]

Thanks for the information, I am still determining whether to use a cloud provider or my own setup for storing data, but wanted to confirm that NFS would be a suitable file system to use.

[valyala]

@BenB196 , it would be great if you'll return to this thread with results regarding NFS usage as a storage for VictoriaMetrics.