Hey, #digipres folks, what algorithms do you use for periodic fixity checks on data at rest (esp. if stored in the cloud)?

CRC32 is tempting, because it's much faster than MD5 (and thus presumably cheaper in terms of compute, emissions, and money). However, I get the impression that it's not much used for this purpose. Is that because of collision worries? Not being cryptographically secure? Something else?

@linguistory periodicity of checks of data "on shelves" (#LTO?):

Good question!

Professionally, I'd say "it depends": Find a sweetspot which doesn't disrupt daily work, and a method which has a reasonable runtime (days regular, weeks is normal, months uncommon)

Are you talking about data on shelves, or on a "nearline" backup copy on servers/HDDs?

With LTO there's also the issue with Generations and drives...