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Online enabling checksums in PostgreSQL 19

Enabling data checksums is strongly recommended to detect corruption originating in the storage or I/O layer, which can silently lead to incorrect query results.

  • PostgreSQL 19 enables checksums online without downtime
  • Application remains active while checksums operate in background
  • Corruption unnoticed if checksums not enabled in previous versions

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