Kelly Shutt
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- Sep 27, 2012
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First, please don't bring up the ECC vs. non-ECC argument here. I do understand the risks of running non-ECC memory. In fact, that is part of the reason I'm making this post.
I am currently in the situation where I have a running FreeNAS system with non-ECC memory. I am in the position to be upgrading this system soon and I'm considering switching over to ECC memory in the upgrade. I have the money and the system has grown to the point that I no longer consider this as acceptable risk.
Knock on wood here... This system has been running for several years now, and I haven't experienced any evident corruption due to memory issues. This system is kept up to date with the latest stable FreeNAS release; including keeping the zpools up to date with current FreeNAS standards.
The question is this... Are there considerations I should make when upgrading the system with ECC memory. Is it possible that by installing ECC memory it will suddenly start detecting corruptions that were not detected previously? Or, at this point should I consider things to be (mostly) intact and it would be safe to make the change? My zpools are large enough that it would be quite difficult for me to back them up before the upgrade, so I'm hoping I can just put in the new hardware and go.
Thanks,
Kelly Shutt
I am currently in the situation where I have a running FreeNAS system with non-ECC memory. I am in the position to be upgrading this system soon and I'm considering switching over to ECC memory in the upgrade. I have the money and the system has grown to the point that I no longer consider this as acceptable risk.
Knock on wood here... This system has been running for several years now, and I haven't experienced any evident corruption due to memory issues. This system is kept up to date with the latest stable FreeNAS release; including keeping the zpools up to date with current FreeNAS standards.
The question is this... Are there considerations I should make when upgrading the system with ECC memory. Is it possible that by installing ECC memory it will suddenly start detecting corruptions that were not detected previously? Or, at this point should I consider things to be (mostly) intact and it would be safe to make the change? My zpools are large enough that it would be quite difficult for me to back them up before the upgrade, so I'm hoping I can just put in the new hardware and go.
Thanks,
Kelly Shutt