So, does that mean they have fixed the risk of FreeNAS destroying the pool if a memory goes bad? Or if the system hangs, looses power or any other instability for that matter?
Does that mean that FreeNAS is now immune and that memory errors will not thrash the pool or risk data?
That would also mean that visualization is finally safe too with the new found stability.
Too bad I believed the risks where grounded in actual users loosing data when I bought my ECC based server. Could have saved me a few $ or cents if this news got to me earlier.
Sarcasm aside, it would be nice if data integrity and stability could be guaranteed without ECC, but most *possible* solutions points to some form error correction, which is what ECC does.
It would be odd to ask for exact quantities of water then give someone a bucket that may or may not have holes in it. Sure you know it's size and you can somewhat detect if it is leaking with enough buckets and a lot of work (or if the floor is getting wet) but it would be a lot simpler to have an integrity check verifying the content of the bucket every time you use it. That way you know it's right, or if it's wrong. And your feet would still be dry.