My whole argument against people that want to argue that non-ECC doesn't add additional risk is this:
1. If ECC RAM doesn't solve some serious problems then why haven't we seen bad ECC RAM result in a failed pool or trashed backups? I'm still waiting for that day to come because I'm *very* curious to see how it all plays out.
2. Experience >>>> what hypothetically/mathematically/whatever shouldn't matter. Here's the secret.. experience has shown that ECC RAM has a significant impact on how bad things go when the RAM goes bad.
The fact that your backups can be completely destroyed is just horrifying. That simple fact alone should render the whole argument mute unless your data has so little value you don't keep backups.
This whole discussion seems to be solely based on logic, and no matter what way I think of it, I can't find a logical way to argue for non-ECC(or at least argue that ECC's cost isn't justified) except when your data has so little value you don't keep backups. In those cases I could also argue that ZFS is probably overkill for your intended function anyway.
1. If ECC RAM doesn't solve some serious problems then why haven't we seen bad ECC RAM result in a failed pool or trashed backups? I'm still waiting for that day to come because I'm *very* curious to see how it all plays out.
2. Experience >>>> what hypothetically/mathematically/whatever shouldn't matter. Here's the secret.. experience has shown that ECC RAM has a significant impact on how bad things go when the RAM goes bad.
The fact that your backups can be completely destroyed is just horrifying. That simple fact alone should render the whole argument mute unless your data has so little value you don't keep backups.
This whole discussion seems to be solely based on logic, and no matter what way I think of it, I can't find a logical way to argue for non-ECC(or at least argue that ECC's cost isn't justified) except when your data has so little value you don't keep backups. In those cases I could also argue that ZFS is probably overkill for your intended function anyway.