On 8 Apr 00, at 7:00, Aaron Blosser wrote:
> >I thought ECC memory was supposed to Correct any errors and continue, not
> >just detect them.
>
> That's the idea. ECC can correct single bit errors and detect (but not
> correct) 2 bit errors.
And hopefully log the occurrence of any memory faults i.e. when a bit
correction needed to be made. This gives you a good idea about how
close to the wind you're sailing. One bit corrected per month is
probably acceptable.
>
> Typically, such things are considered of less importance on a workstation,
> which is also why you don't find RAID (or even SCSI) on many workstations
> either...
... but price is a bigger issue. Most home users don't drive a system
hard enough for the ultimate in speed to be a problem (RAID is most
commonly used in conjunction with stripe sets to increase disk I/O
bandwidth); as for reliability, home users, and purchasers of desktop
systems for business, blame any hangs & crashes on the OS anyway, so
why bother building reliable hardware when you can sell crap for $20
less?
Regards
Brian Beesley
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