Re: ext4 features

[Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu]

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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