Re: [9fans] pineview atom

[erik quanstrom <quanstro@labs.coraid.com>]

> of non-ECC memory, so nice terminal, bad server
>
>
> "the probability of having at least one bit error in 4 gigabyes of
> memory at sea level on planet Earth in 72 hours is over 95%."
>
>
>  http://lambda-diode.com/opinion/ecc-memory

while i agree in general that ecc is a good idea, i can't
subscribe to predictions that seem so far from real-world
experience.

i have been running a amd64 machine as a cpu server
for 2 years.  it uses standard ddr2 memory.  i have not
seen any unexplained crashes or reboots during this time.

at work, i have been running 5 un-ecc'd machines for
3 years.  also no unexplained crahses or reboots.

how could this be if i would expect 240 + 1825 bit errors?

- erik