Re: Would PostgreSQL 16 native transparent data encryption support database level encryption?

From: Tony Xu <tony(dot)xu(at)rubrik(dot)com>
To: Christophe Pettus <xof(at)thebuild(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-generallists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Would PostgreSQL 16 native transparent data encryption support database level encryption?
Date: 2023-05-22 19:22:42
Message-ID: CACufLfxmdhgth+2J7jEktkqjMDHKVhDdzZtJERiOnAd9Md8sSA@mail.gmail.com
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Thanks Christophe for the clarification.

That's not quite right. A PostgreSQL cluster (in the traditional sense,
> which means one PostgreSQL server handling a particular endpoint) is
> isolated from any other clusters on the same machine.
>

Thanks. I think I had a misunderstanding over the "cluster" eariler. So a
PostgreSQL cluster is a PostgreSQL server that we're talking about in
general. This means per-DB KEY within a cluster/server is impossible
without splitting the whole shared storage among databases, which is indeed
a significant amount of work.

> And, to be somewhat blunt, is Rubrik prepared to pay for it? This
> engineering effort needs to be funded by someone, since engineers have to
> eat. This is not to say that any feature someone is willing to pay for
> will make it into PostgreSQL, but an effort of this size, to have any hope
> of reaching the point of being accepted, will need someone to pay the
> salaries of the people working on it.
>
I cannot speak on behalf of Rubrik - I'm just exploring PostgreSQL as a
solution for one of my team's projects thus the questions. Nothing is
finalized yet but we prefer a managed solution provided by some cloud infra
providers so the context I'm getting here will allow me to better
understand our provider's solution and their road map.

Thanks
Tony

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