Re: Using of --data-checksums

On Wed, Apr  8, 2020 at 11:54:34AM -0400, Stephen Frost wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> * BGoebel (b.goebel@prisma-computer.de) wrote:
> > initdb --data-checksums "... help to detect corruption by the I/O system"
> > There is an (negligible?) impact on performance, ok. 
> >  
> > Is there another reason NOT to use this feature ?
> 
> Not in my view.
> 
> > Has anyone had good or bad experience with the use of  --data-checksums?
> 
> Have had good experience with it.  We should really make it the default
> already.

Yeah, but I think we wanted more ability to change an existing cluster
before doing that since it would affect pg_upgraded servers.

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