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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [HACKERS] wal_checksum = on (default) | off
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Msg-id 18389.1167930423@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] wal_checksum = on (default) | off  (Florian Weimer <fweimer@bfk.de>)
Responses Re: [HACKERS] wal_checksum = on (default) | off  (Ron Mayer <rm_pg@cheapcomplexdevices.com>)
Re: [HACKERS] wal_checksum = on (default) | off  (Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>)
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Florian Weimer <fweimer@bfk.de> writes:
> Have you tried switching to Adler32 instead of CRC32?

Is anything known about the error detection capabilities of Adler32?
There's a lot of math behind CRCs but AFAIR Adler's method is pretty
much ad-hoc.

            regards, tom lane

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