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

From Burd, Greg
Subject Re: Enable data checksums by default
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Msg-id FC563FAB-91A9-4C0F-BAB6-AD1E6061AC2F@burd.me
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In response to Re: Enable data checksums by default  (Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>)
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> On Jul 31, 2025, at 3:21 PM, Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 2025-07-31 at 09:39 -0400, Greg Burd wrote:
>> I agree that enabling checksums by default is the sane default.  Databases
>> should always make a best effort for data integrity, checksums are a
>> positive step in that direction.
>
> Having checksums on does not improve data integrity...
>
> Yours,
> Laurenz Albe

Hello, thanks for your reply.  I agree they don't improve integrity, but they
do improve the ability to detect loss of integrity (corruption), which is a
good thing for databases to do by default.  Apologies, my phrasing could have
been better.

best.

-greg


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