From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Aug 28 20:26:10 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id UAA08650 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 28 Aug 1995 20:26:10 -0700 Received: from lisa.rur.com (G338.257.InterLink.NET [199.202.234.53]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id UAA08642 for ; Mon, 28 Aug 1995 20:26:06 -0700 Received: (from leo@localhost) by lisa.rur.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id XAA03475; Mon, 28 Aug 1995 23:25:33 GMT Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1995 23:25:33 +0000 () From: Leo Papandreou To: Jim Bryant cc: "Rashid Karimov." , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: S.O.S -2.1Stable and ASUSP54TP4 In-Reply-To: <199508282044.PAA16108@argus.iadfw.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: hackers-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > > Are you using non-parity memory? As you know, memory errors will not trap > unless you are using parity memory. If you want to use FreeBSD for anything > other than home-use, I strongly suggest parity memory. (Get a warrantee!) Actually, no triton based board traps parity errors. If you need what itsy- bitsy comfort parity checks give you then you are going to have to sacrifice performance and use a neptune based board. Personally I think parity memory is a poor investment; assuming I'm clear on the techical details, once the P6 becomes a commodity item (real soon now) the next motherboard you buy will want ECC memory, anyway. Its neat the way this industry creates its own demand, eh? The upside to this is that financial institutions and similiar nervous nellies will migrate their mission-critical servers to cost-effective intel platforms whereupon demand for FreeBSD will go through the roof. Now is the time to buy WC stock. :-)