Quoting Dan Ritter (2019-08-08 16:22:07) > Celejar wrote: > > On Wed, 7 Aug 2019 23:59:44 -0700 > > David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> wrote: > > > > ... > > > > > Get at least four internal SATA 6 Gbps ports -- boot disk, optical > > > disk, two data disks (mirrored). I prefer six. > > > > Do most people running servers really want / need an optical disk? > > As long as the machine can boot via USB, is an optical disk really > > important for a server? > > > > ... > > > > > Then Intel stopped making desktop boards and I wanted ZFS. ZFS > > > wants ECC memory. It was time to migrate to server hardware. > > > > My understanding is that ZFS's need / desire for ECC is something of > > a myth. It's certainly true that many ZFS / FreeNAS *users* have > > such a need, but the filesystem itself apparently doesn't: > > > > https://jrs-s.net/2015/02/03/will-zfs-and-non-ecc-ram-kill-your-data/ > > To summarize: if you're running ZFS, it can protect you from lots of > sources of data corruption. It can't protect you from RAM errors > without ECC, so you should opt for ECC if integrity is your goal. > > None of the other filesystems protect you against RAM errors either, > so this is not a special requirement of ZFS. ECC memory is rare among ARM SBCs, but Helios4 uses ECC memory! - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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