5 ms·
Isn't that more or less in the range expected from background radiation bitflips when having 48 GiB?
by kpil 9y ago
Isn't that more or less in the range expected from background radiation bitflips when having 48 GiB?
- vel0city 9y agoI manage many servers with >=384GB RAM. They maybe detect an error once a year, with several never reporting an error in its life. If I noticed a server reporting errors more than twice a year I'd probably swap its memory, and if that didn't fix the problem I'd probably replace the server.
- StillBored 9y agoDepends on what you mean by "reporting an error". The default configuration for most machines I've used is to silently correct single bit failures unless they hit some threshold. So you actively have to run an EDAC (or similar) driver and poll the error counters. Its only with uncorrectable errors does it generally rise to the level of a full MCE.
- vel0city 9y agoMany server-grade motherboards will report ECC memory faults in the event log through IPMI.
- wolster 9y agoHow do these manifest themselves and how do you detect them?
- vel0city 9y agoThe error events are reported through IPMI in a system event log.
- ew6082 9y agoError rate would probably depend on the mass and quality of shielding above/around the servers.