Gregory Maxwell wrote on 03/28/06 13:22: > On 3/28/06, Jonathan Briggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> But for a production machine that is "producing" something of value, the >> extra cost should not be an issue. RAM errors are so subtle and so hard >> to find that ECC is of far more value than RAID. It is obvious when >> your disk fails. >> >> An extra high bit in a credit transaction could cost you $16,384 and you >> might not ever realize what happened. :) >> >> Anyway, off topic, but ECC is highly recommended. > > And with the amount of memory that people are putting in modern system > 1 bit events should be happening on a approx weekly basis. > > ECC may be more expensive but it doesn't make memory more expensive > than it was just a few years ago.... you really should have it.
I agree, and the system in question has ECC RAM. The additional cost is not such a big issue anyway... I have SCSI disks (no RAID, though) in there, and I could get at least 3 times the capacity for the same price if I was using IDE... -Joe
