Re: verify checksums online

From: Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Jeremy Schneider <schneider(at)ardentperf(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: verify checksums online
Date: 2025-04-19 15:29:42
Message-ID: CAKAnmmLViSdwH2mhAQnpRueB7toZxkf_WUcpS9ZhBiE+hJw9Ug@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Apr 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM Jeremy Schneider <schneider(at)ardentperf(dot)com>
wrote:

> but i wanted to confirm with someone - my easiest options for online
> verifying checksums would be to trigger pg_basebackup then check
> pg_stat_database, or to install michael's utility?
>

Your easiest option is to just use pgbackrest, which verifies checksums as
part of its process. So you are guaranteed to have every page verified at
least as often as every full backup.

Cheers,
Greg

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