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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 Peter Geoghegan
Subject Re: data_checksums enabled by default (was: Move --data-checksums to common options in initdb --help)
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In response to Re: data_checksums enabled by default (was: Move --data-checksums to common options in initdb --help)  (Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>)
Responses Re: data_checksums enabled by default (was: Move --data-checksums to common options in initdb --help)
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On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 11:44 AM Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> wrote:
> Having fsync off won't actually cause corruption unless you have an OS
> crash or don't sync the disks when you reboot the system though- so it's
> a hedge against certain failure conditions, as is checksums.

I find this argument baffling. Do you really believe this?

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Peter Geoghegan

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