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oh look. A NAS without ECC. nice several TBs of /tmp you have there :)

• magicalhippo 2y ago
  That's a bit overdramatic. For most people, assuming you have a decent power supply, running without ECC is quite acceptable. I've been using my old desktop systems for my NAS for over a decade, with no ECC, and between bi-weekly scrubs and a lot of files with internal checksums like archives and backups which gets verified monthly, I've not noticed any data loss over the years. Sure there might be some random jpeg or whatever that got corrupted in flight, but for me it's an acceptable tradeoff of reducing the hardware cost. Of course, if you really care about all of your data and/or you got the money, ECC is of course definitely a good thing.
  • 1oooqooq 2y ago
    ecc have nothing to do with power supply... negative anecdotes are not a good excuse. "i never needed a back up so i don't back up".
    • magicalhippo 2y ago
      A flakey power supply can lead to all sorts of weird errors, so just wanted to add that caveat. And I never said to not have backups. If a memory stick goes bad, you might need to restore. I just think claiming no ECC = data gone is spreading FUD. You can find plenty of anecdotes like mine around. It's not like I have a unicorn NAS. Again sure, if you want to minimize data loss then use ECC. But for a lot of folks, using regular, good non-ECC hardware can be perfectly fine.