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Re: data_checksums enabled by default (was: Move --data-checksums to common options in initdb --help) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Michael Banck
Subject Re: data_checksums enabled by default (was: Move --data-checksums to common options in initdb --help)
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Msg-id 4fe52c91527548e693bb82421e3c2490683d0fb9.camel@credativ.de
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In response to Re: data_checksums enabled by default (was: Move --data-checksums to common options in initdb --help)  (Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>)
Responses Re: data_checksums enabled by default (was: Move --data-checksums to common options in initdb --help)
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Hi,

Am Mittwoch, den 06.01.2021, 10:52 +0900 schrieb Michael Paquier:
> On Mon, Jan 04, 2021 at 07:11:43PM +0100, Michael Banck wrote:
> > So maybe we should switch on wal_compression if we enable data checksums
> > by default.
> 
> I don't agree with this assumption.  In some CPU-bounded workloads, I
> have seen that wal_compression = on leads to performance degradation
> with or without checksums enabled.

I meant just flipping the default, admins could still turn off
wal_compression if they think it'd help their performance. But it might
be tricky to implement, not sure.


Michael

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