Re: Checksums by default?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Checksums by default?
Date: 2017-01-21 16:02:43
Message-ID: 27203.1485014563@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> writes:
> Is it time to enable checksums by default, and give initdb a switch to turn
> it off instead?

Have we seen *even one* report of checksums catching problems in a useful
way?

I think this will be making the average user pay X% for nothing.

regards, tom lane

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