Disable WiredTiger checksums when using ESE AES-GCM

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    • Type: Improvement
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • Priority: Major - P3
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      WiredTiger spends a significant amount of CPU time generating and validating per-page checksums. When using encryption with integrity protections, these checksums are not required. We should disable checksums when operating in AES-GCM mode. This is expected to measurably improve the performance of disk I/O.

      This work would depend on the ability for WiredTiger to provide limited checksums for its metadata

              Assignee:
              [DO NOT USE] Backlog - Security Team
              Reporter:
              Spencer Jackson
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