Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 03 Jul 2006 15:04:54 -0700 | From | Bruce Ferrell <> | Subject | Re: ext4 features |
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Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: > On Mon, 03 Jul 2006 17:34:18 EDT, Bill Davidsen said: > >>I think he is talking about another problem. RAID addresses detectable >>failures at the hardware level. I believe that he wants validation after >>the data is returned (without error) from the device. While in most >>cases if what you wrote and what you read don't match it's memory, >>improving the chances of catching the error is useful, given that >>non-server often lacks ECC on memory, or people buy cheaper non-parity >>memory. > > > There's other issues as well. Why do people run 'tripwire' on boxes that > have RAID on them?
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