* Peter Geoghegan (pg@heroku.com) wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 10:18 AM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Trying to force those people to use checksums is just masterminding;
> > they've made their own decision that it's not worth bothering with.
> > When something goes wrong, WE still care about distinguishing hardware
> > failure from PostgreSQL failure. Our pride is on the line. But the
> > customer often doesn't. The DBA isn't the same person as the
> > operating system guy, and the operating system guy isn't going to
> > listen to the DBA even if the DBA complains of checksum failures.
>
> We need to invest in corruption detection/verification tools that are
> run on an as-needed basis. They are available to users of every other
> major database system.
Agreed.
Thanks!
Stephen
