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Subject: Re: Enquiry about TDE with PgSQL
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On 11/1/25 06:58, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Sat, Nov  1, 2025 at 08:34:57AM +0100, Kai Wagner wrote:

> If you want to move forward with TDE without waiting to see if the
> temporary file compression patch will reduce the TDE code impact, you
> need to dig into how the community does feature calculus and how that
> calculus can be changed --- this is not something technology can fix.
> 
> Companies are willing to add the code weight because it is a sale for
> them, and customers are willing to pay to meet the check box --- that
> calculus just doesn't work in the community.
> 

That is not true:

https://docs.percona.com/pg-tde/index.html

and

https://www.cybertec-postgresql.com/en/products/postgresql-transparent-data-encryption/

The community does provide it, just not the version of Postgres released 
here:

https://www.postgresql.org/download/


-- 
Adrian Klaver
adrian.klaver@aklaver.com