Re: Enable data checksums by default - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On Thu, Aug 8, 2024 at 6:11 AM Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org> wrote:
> About the claim that it's already the de-facto standard.  Maybe that is
> approximately true for "serious" installations.  But AFAICT, the popular
> packagings don't enable checksums by default, so there is likely a
> significant middle tier between "just trying it out" and serious
> production use that don't have it turned on.

+1.

> I'm thinking pg_upgrade could have a mode where it adds the
> checksum during the upgrade as it copies the files (essentially a subset
> of pg_checksums).  I think that would be useful for that middle tier of
> users who just want a good default experience.

That would be very nice.

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