TechXDAabout 2 hours ago
NAS without ECC RAM: what actually matters
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A Linux system administrator ran a NAS without ECC RAM and survived. ECC RAM is objectively superior but non-ECC does not turn a NAS into a ticking time bomb. Bit flips are rare; corruption usually traces to failing drives, bad cables, or unclean shutdowns. Regular scrubs, Memtest86+, a UPS, and a real backup strategy are more important than ECC.
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