Re: 16-bit page checksums for 9.2

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
To: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2012-03-01T18:28:52Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

Commits

Same data as JSON: GET /api/v1/messages/:b64id/commits the thread's linked commits as JSON, with link sources. API reference →
  1. Wakeup WALWriter as needed for asynchronous commit performance.

On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 12:42 PM, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> wrote:
>>> And how would a DBA know that?
>>
>> We'd add a column to pg_class that tracks which page version is in use
>> for each relation.
>
> So a relation can't have some pages in Version 9.2, and other pages in
> version 9.3?  How will this work for 2TB tables?

Not very well, but better than Tom's proposal to require upgrading the
entire cluster in a single off-line operation.

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