Re: [HACKERS] [PATCHES] wal_checksum = on (default) | off

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: "Simon Riggs" <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, "Bruce Momjian" <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, "Jim Nasby" <decibel(at)decibel(dot)org>, "Zeugswetter Andreas ADI SD" <ZeugswetterA(at)spardat(dot)at>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] [PATCHES] wal_checksum = on (default) | off
Date: 2007-01-11 16:37:38
Message-ID: 18867.1168533458@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> writes:
> "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
>> You understand wrong ... a tuple sitting on disk is normally read
>> directly from the shared buffer, and I don't think we want to pay for
>> copying it.

> "xlog records"

Oh, sorry, had the wrong context in mind. I'm still not very impressed
with the idea --- a CRC check will catch many kinds of problems, whereas
this approach catches exactly one kind of problem.

regards, tom lane

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