[kwlug-disc] Synology, and proprietary disk formats ...

William Park opengeometry at yahoo.ca
Tue Aug 5 23:44:47 EDT 2014


On Tue, Aug 05, 2014 at 10:06:27PM -0400, L.D. Paniak wrote:
> It brings the same kind of grief that it would for ZFS.  These storage
> systems depend on the CPU/RAM subsystem for error-free calculation of
> checksums for data and, more importantly, metadata.  Flipped bits in
> data will ruin a file.  Flipped bits in metadata can ruin the whole
> storage system (pool, volume).
> 
> In the modern world, there is no good reason for server/workstation
> hardware to not have ECC memory.  CPUs, motherboards and RAM that
> support ECC operation can be had for minimal premium over "regular"
> hardware.  Even the low-cost options like a $60 Pentium:
> http://ark.intel.com/products/74749/Intel-Pentium-Processor-G2030-3M-Cache-3_00-GHz?wapkw=g2030
> or low-power Atom Avoton board:
> http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Atom/X10/A1SAM-2550F.cfm
> are ECC-capable.

Well, name one LGA1150 board that supports ECC-memory.
-- 
William





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