Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> On Fri, Mar 25, 2022 at 9:49 AM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> That'll just reduce the probability of failure, not eliminate it.
> I mean, if the expected time to the first failure on even 1 machine
> exceeds the time until the heat death of the universe by 10 orders of
> magnitude, it's probably good enough.
Adding another 16 bits won't get you to that, sadly. Yeah, it *might*
extend the MTTF to more than the project's likely lifespan, but that
doesn't mean we couldn't get unlucky next week.
regards, tom lane