Re: Enquiry about TDE with PgSQL

From: Álvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)kurilemu(dot)de>
To: Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Kai Wagner <kai(dot)wagner(at)percona(dot)com>, Chris Travers <chris(dot)travers(at)gmail(dot)com>, Christophe Pettus <xof(at)thebuild(dot)com>, "Clay Jackson (cjackson)" <Clay(dot)Jackson(at)quest(dot)com>, pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Enquiry about TDE with PgSQL
Date: 2025-11-04 12:12:07
Message-ID: 202511040820.vd7dfekwgq7k@alvherre.pgsql
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On 2025-Nov-04, Laurenz Albe wrote:

> 9.6, which introduced parallel query, only supported it for sequential
> scans, which was much less useful than what we have today. I for one
> wouldn't consider an implementation of TDE with some features missing
> "not worth it".

We call this incremental development, and we've accepted that it might
be the only way to get complex features developed. We did it for
partitioning, parallel query, AIO, and lots of other things. IMO it's a
good strategy, even if we sometimes have to backtrack.

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Álvaro Herrera PostgreSQL Developer — https://www.EnterpriseDB.com/
"No tengo por qué estar de acuerdo con lo que pienso"
(Carlos Caszeli)

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