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> [...] because it runs ZFS, which basically doesn't work unless you have ECC memory. That's a misconception, to quote Matthew Ahrens, cofounder of ZFS: "There
by Tharre 9y ago
> [...] because it runs ZFS, which basically doesn't work unless you have ECC memory.
That's a misconception, to quote Matthew Ahrens, cofounder of ZFS: "There's nothing special about ZFS that requires/encourages the use of ECC RAM more so than any other filesystem."
See also [0].
[0] http://jrs-s.net/2015/02/03/will-zfs-and-non-ecc-ram-kill-your-data/ http://jrs-s.net/2015/02/03/will-zfs-and-non-ecc-ram-kill-yo...
- jdcarter 9y agoHowever, this study indicates that ZFS is excellent at detecting on-disk corruption but does little to protect against in-memory corruption: https://research.cs.wisc.edu/wind/Publications/zfs-corruption-fast10.pdf https://research.cs.wisc.edu/wind/Publications/zfs-corruptio...