Re: Page Checksums - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Stephen Frost
Subject Re: Page Checksums
Date
Msg-id 20111221154914.GH24234@tamriel.snowman.net
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In response to Re: Page Checksums  (Leonardo Francalanci <m_lists@yahoo.it>)
Responses Re: Page Checksums  (Leonardo Francalanci <m_lists@yahoo.it>)
Re: Page Checksums  (Greg Smith <greg@2ndQuadrant.com>)
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* Leonardo Francalanci (m_lists@yahoo.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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