Rick Moen wrote: > Quoting hajhouse ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > >> How many of you are using non-ECC (standard) memory on long-uptime >> machines? Are you having any problems because of it? Do you think ECC is >> worth the premium? > > Generally not on a Linux box -- because Linux boxen tend to give off > unmistakeable signs when the RAM develops defects, e.g., patterns of > kernel panics, segfaulting apps, and/or spontaneous reboots that you
I'd agree on bad dimms, but bad dimms aren't the only cause of memory errors. > Most other PeeCee OSes I've played with (NT-based systems, NetWare, to > some extent OS/2) are much more oblivious about bad RAM, but Linux tend > to throw a tantrum and let you know. > Indeed, windows had a bug where it crashed at, er, 32 days? Took years for anyone to notice. Amusingly my linux box had wrapped it's uptime counter at 2^32 quickies (497 days) before that happened. _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
