Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 12:30:58 05/28/01
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On May 28, 2001 at 11:27:06, Jonas Cohonas wrote: >On May 28, 2001 at 10:58:01, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On May 28, 2001 at 01:20:33, John Dahlem wrote: >> >>>I see there is both ECC DDR ram and regular, but ECC costs twice as much. What >>>is the difference between them? >> >>ECC includes a hamming code for each 64 bit "word". This code is used to >>correct single-bit errors on the fly, and detect double-bit errors. It is >>most often used in servers where higher reliability is desired, at a higher >>price. > >Would you reccoment them over "normal" ram? > >Regards >Jonas Not particularly. All of my quad xeons have ECC ram. But they are designed as high-reliability server machines where random memory errors would corrupt data and cause serious problems...
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