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> What are you doing on a workstation where a bit flipped every 3 days is going to cause a problem? Depends what bit flips. Given some of the file formats out
by protomyth 9y ago
> What are you doing on a workstation where a bit flipped every 3 days is going to cause a problem?
Depends what bit flips. Given some of the file formats out there, the bit flip just before it is written to the disc might be fatal.
> Anything critical is going to have a software check.
I would love to see someone go through github and analyze if that is true.
I just cannot imagine why it would be acceptable to have bit errors when a preventative measure is available. If the industry would stop looking at it as a value add, the cost would come down and we all would benefit from a more stable platform.
- jjeaff 9y ago>we all would benefit from a more stable platform. What instability are you talking about? Has anyone experience any instability ever on a workstation that could have been attributed to a cosmic ray bit flip? I wouldn't trade a 10% memory performance drag for ECC if the memory was cheaper than standard.
- protomyth 9y ago> What instability are you talking about? By definition, if the bits can flip in a way that wasn't intended then it is not stable. I'll take the 10% because I pretty sure getting to wrong 10% faster is not worth it to me.