Re: Block-level CRC checks

Paul Schlie wrote:

this can not be relied upon, a strategy potentially utilizing the suspect
data as if it were good likely needs to be adopted, accompanied somehow with
a persistent indication that the query results (or specific sub-results) are
themselves suspect, as it may often be a lesser evil than the alternative
(but not always). Or use a file system like ZFS, and let it do its thing,
and hope for the best.

Problem is, most people are running PostgreSQL on one of two operating
systems. Linux or Win32. (/me has been amazed at how many people are
running win32)

ZFS is not an option; generally speaking.

Joshua D. Drake