Re: Detecting corrupted pages earlier

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Kevin Brown <kevin@sysexperts.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2003-04-02T21:18:33Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Kevin Brown <kevin@sysexperts.com> writes:
> Hmm...I don't know that I'd want to go that far -- setting this
> variable could be regarded as a policy decision.  Some shops may have
> very good reason for running with ZERO_DAMAGED_PAGES enabled all the
> time, but I don't know what those reasons might be.

I would buy this argument if I could imagine even a faintly plausible
reason for doing that ... but I can't.

			regards, tom lane