On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Andres Freund <and...@anarazel.de> wrote: >> The standby can set hint bits locally that weren't set on the data it >> received from the master. This will require rechecksumming and >> rewriting the page, but obviously we can't write the WAL records >> needed to protect those writes during recovery. So a crash could >> create a torn page, invalidating the checksum. > Err. Stupid me, thanks. > >> Ignoring checksum errors during Hot Standby operation doesn't fix it, >> either, because eventually you might want to promote the standby, and >> the checksum will still be invalid. > Its funny. I have the feeling we all are missing a very obvious brilliant > solution to this...
Like getting rid of hint bits? merlin -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
