Re: Page Checksums

From: Leonardo Francalanci <m_lists(at)yahoo(dot)it>
To: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
Cc: Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Page Checksums
Date: 2011-12-21 15:32:53
Message-ID: 4EF1FC25.9000706@yahoo.it
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On 21/12/2011 16.19, Stephen Frost wrote:
> * Leonardo Francalanci (m_lists(at)yahoo(dot)it) wrote:
>> I can't help in this discussion, but I have a question:
>> how different would this feature be from filesystem-level CRC, such
>> as the one available in ZFS and btrfs?
>
> Depends on how much you trust the filesystem. :)

Ehm I hope that was a joke...

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?

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