diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/manage-ag.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/manage-ag.sgml
index 49566d10a31..cee2f51441b 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/manage-ag.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/manage-ag.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-
+
Managing Databases
@@ -495,31 +495,5 @@ SELECT spcname FROM pg_tablespace;
the old tablespace locations.)
-
- Network File Systems
-
-
- Network File Systems
-
- NFS>>Network File Systems>>
- Network Attached Storage (NAS>)>Network File Systems>>
-
-
- Many installations create tablespace on network file systems.
- Sometimes this is done directly via NFS>, or by using a
- Network Attached Storage (NAS>) device that uses
- NFS> internally. PostgreSQL> does nothing
- special for NFS> file systems, meaning it assumes
- NFS> behaves exactly like locally-connected drives. If
- client and server NFS> implementations have non-standard
- semantics, this can cause reliability problems (see ).
- Specifically, delayed (asynchonous) writes to the NFS>
- server can cause reliability problems; if possible, mount
- NFS> file systems synchonously to avoid this.
-
-
-
-
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
index 944c5658c3b..c08650dc280 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-
+
Operating System Environment
@@ -160,10 +160,34 @@ postgres$ initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
locale setting. For details see .
-
- If using non-local (network) file systems, see .
-
+
+ Network File Systems
+
+
+ Network File Systems
+
+ NFS>>Network File Systems>>
+ Network Attached Storage (NAS>)>Network File Systems>>
+
+
+ Many installations create database clusters on network file systems.
+ Sometimes this is done directly via NFS>, or by using a
+ Network Attached Storage (NAS>) device that uses
+ NFS> internally. PostgreSQL> does nothing
+ special for NFS> file systems, meaning it assumes
+ NFS> behaves exactly like locally-connected drives
+ (DAS>, Direct Attached Storage). If client and server
+ NFS> implementations have non-standard semantics, this can
+ cause reliability problems (see ).
+ Specifically, delayed (asynchonous) writes to the NFS>
+ server can cause reliability problems; if possible, mount
+ NFS> file systems synchonously (without caching) to avoid
+ this. (Storage Area Networks (SAN>) use a low-level
+ communication protocol rather than NFS>.)
+
+
+