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From Greg Sabino Mullane
Subject Re: Enable data checksums by default
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In response to Re: Enable data checksums by default  (Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>)
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On Thu, Jul 31, 2025 at 3:21 PM Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at> wrote:
Having checksums on does not improve data integrity...

Maybe not directly, but in the same way that a smoke detector does not directly prevent fire damage. Checksums do allow you to detect problems and fix things (esp. bad hardware) before they get worse.

Cheers,
Greg

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