Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 08:22:39 -0453.75 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions !!!! <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: upgrade to 10.3R .... Message-ID: <813d4685-1a5c-d744-2bcf-9ef889c49763@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <44mvirztvd.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <3d09a931-73f8-65d0-588a-70a57c812e85@hiwaay.net> <44mvirztvd.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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On 09/28/16 14:56, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> writes: > >> are many online URLs with dire warnings about using ZFS & non-ECC RAM >> causing data corruption (this box is a commodity desktop w/ non-ECC >> 1. Are these concerns valid, i.e. founded in fact ? > Sure. When you get uncorrected bit flips, you can end up corrupting your > data or even the filesystem. That isn't unique to ZFS, of course. Very well. I drew the inference that data integrity would be considerably worse, proportional to RAM errors rather than HDD errors, maybe I am overthinking it .... > > If the data integrity guarantees aren't the deciding reason you're using > ZFS, then this isn't an issue. Some people use ZFS on laptops, for > example, for other features rather than data integrity (most commonly, > compression). > >> 2. If so, should this be mentioned in the wiki or website somewhere ? > I wouldn't bother. "ECC memory reduces data corruption" is right up > there with "the computer will run most effectively when powered up." I *LOVE* it :-) .... > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
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