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I wish someone with a larger server farm would count the number of reported ECC errors per GB-hour and give us updated numbers. That StackOverflow question is a
by coder543 6y ago
I wish someone with a larger server farm would count the number of reported ECC errors per GB-hour and give us updated numbers. That StackOverflow question is about 10 years old now, and I think it's relying on data even older than that.
- bentcorner 6y agoSomeone once did a bit-squatting experiment and "estimates that 614,400 memory errors occur per hour globally". https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/08/10/bh-2011-bit-squatting-dns-hijacking-without-exploitation/ https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/08/10/bh-2011-bit-squa... It would be interesting to repeat this experiment today.
- moonchild 6y agoYes; per the internet archive[1], the data's at least 20 years old. 1. https://web.archive.org/web/20010612184424/http://www.boeing.com/assocproducts/radiationlab/publications/SEU_at_Ground_Level.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20010612184424/http://www.boeing...