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Anecdotally, on a desktop machine with something like 64GB RAM, when I switched from non-ECC to ECC (and 128GB RAM), the number of unexplained crashes seemed to

Anecdotally, on a desktop machine with something like 64GB RAM, when I switched from non-ECC to ECC (and 128GB RAM), the number of unexplained crashes seemed to drop from one every couple of weeks to one every 6 months or so. Could have been from a software upgrade though, probably Ubuntu 18 to Ubuntu 20. Now I'm on an M1 MBP with 32GB RAM, and I get unexplained crashes roughly every 3-4 months, but I've been chalking it up to MacOS. Behavior also seems to degrade after a month or two of uptime. Hmm, maybe it's time for Apple to go ECC ...

maccard 3y ago
> Anecdotally, on a desktop machine with something like 64GB RAM, when I switched from non-ECC to ECC (and 128GB RAM), the number of unexplained crashes seemed to drop from one every couple of weeks to one every 6 months or so. Could have been from a software upgrade though, probably Ubuntu 18 to Ubuntu 20. Thanks. This is a great anecdote/example that is much more what I'm interested in. I don't see the same level of system instability on my machine, but it's a good example. Appreciate it. > Behavior also seems to degrade after a month or two of uptime. Ah, here's another thing. I do tend to reboot daily/weekly which may help