On 8/11/21 7:00 AM, Celejar wrote:
I myself have no personal experience or deep understanding of the
issues, but the experts do not accept your position that [non-ECC
memory combined with operating system storage stack integrity
checking] is higher risk than [ECC memory combined with operating
system storage stack integrity checking] due to the possibility of
the "scrub of death." Here's Jim Salter (from the second link I gave
above):
Without a thorough review of all the engineering for all of the various
computer hardware, software, and systems under discussion, definitive
answers cannot be found through analysis alone. That leaves opinion.
"Academics", "experts", "creators", etc., are typically favored, but
sometimes the nobodies with real-world experience are "right" (to a
greater or less degree).
That is why there is the scientific method. Please cite relevant
article(s) with reproducible laboratory results and/or analysis of
long-term real-world data regarding failure modes, effects, and hazards
of non-ECC memory vs. ECC memory when paired with operating systems with
vs. without storage stack integrity checking and correction.
David
