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Re: Veritasium video on the frequency of bit flips

  • Subject: Re: Veritasium video on the frequency of bit flips
  • From: Dianne Skoll <dianne [ at ] skoll [ dot ] ca>
  • Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2021 17:29:21 -0400
On Thu, 2 Sep 2021 17:24:11 -0400
Alan McKay <alan [ dot ] mckay [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com> wrote:

> Even here on Earth you should use ZFS or equivalent for data you care
> about

By definition, a bit flip without ECC means all bets are off.  An
inopportune bit flip could theoretically end up causing your computer
run "rm -rf /" as root, in which case the filesystem you use isn't going
to matter.

Regards,

Dianne.

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