Re: Page Checksums

From: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
To: Leonardo Francalanci <m_lists(at)yahoo(dot)it>
Cc: Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Page Checksums
Date: 2011-12-21 15:49:14
Message-ID: 20111221154914.GH24234@tamriel.snowman.net
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* Leonardo Francalanci (m_lists(at)yahoo(dot)it) wrote:
> >Depends on how much you trust the filesystem. :)
>
> Ehm I hope that was a joke...

It certainly wasn't..

> I think what I meant was: isn't this going to be useless in a couple
> of years (if, say, btrfs will be available)? Or it actually gives
> something that FS will never be able to give?

Yes, it will help you find/address bugs in the filesystem. These things
are not unheard of...

Thanks,

Stephen

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