From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FA8813839E for ; Wed, 9 Jan 2013 16:44:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A5F1A21C00B; Wed, 9 Jan 2013 16:44:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6222821C303 for ; Wed, 9 Jan 2013 16:42:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7362633DA5D for ; Wed, 9 Jan 2013 16:42:41 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.274 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.274 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-2.475, DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=0.001, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=1.2, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=no Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id xMv6ApGTtWxw for ; Wed, 9 Jan 2013 16:42:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9174133DA91 for ; Wed, 9 Jan 2013 16:42:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Tsyjk-0006NI-2y for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:42:44 +0100 Received: from dsl.comtrol.com ([64.122.56.22]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:42:44 +0100 Received: from grant.b.edwards by dsl.comtrol.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:42:44 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Fighting bit rot Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2013 16:42:13 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <50EB2BF7.4040109@binarywings.net> <20130108012016.2f02c68c@khamul.example.com> <50EBCA77.8030603@binarywings.net> <20130108095510.04f84040@khamul.example.com> <50EC4660.5090208@binarywings.net> <20130108234504.08c19c9c@khamul.example.com> <20130109013726.4016dda2@khamul.example.com> <20130109103151.428615f7@khamul.example.com> X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl.comtrol.com User-Agent: slrn/pre1.0.0-18 (Linux) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: a3a5d919-a167-462b-bc4b-45c0770308f4 X-Archives-Hash: 99940e7107fa950d38ee4d26dc975d99 On 2013-01-09, Holger Hoffstaette wrote: > On Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:48:33 +0000, Grant Edwards wrote: > >> On 2013-01-09, Alan McKinnon wrote: >>> On Wed, 9 Jan 2013 02:47:07 +0000 (UTC) >> >>> The data on a medium can corrupt, and it can corrupt silently for a long >>> time. >> >> And I'm saying I've never seen that happen. > > Well, that's the point. > > http://storagemojo.com/2007/09/19/cerns-data-corruption-research/ > > Things are much worse than you think. Apparenty so. It looks like anybody who'se not using ECC RAM, is already in a pretty hopeless situation. :/ -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! I request a weekend in at Havana with Phil Silvers! gmail.com