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If data is served from ARC, it's primary cache, ZFS does not perform a checksum check before handing it to you, as the data was checked when it got read into the ARC.

If you use ECC you're quite safe, but ECC can't detect multi-bit errors, just single and double bit errors.

So if you care much about your integrity, you might want Postgres to do its checksum check as well.




If you somehow have 3+ bit errors coming out of ram on an ECC board, you have much bigger problems than trying to verify your postgres data via checksum.


AFAIK RowHammer attacks can cause multiple bits to flip in a row[1], no?

But sure, it's not for the vast majority of folks.

[1]: https://www.vusec.net/projects/eccploit/


Rowhammer would qualify as a bigger problem, yes.




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