From owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Wed May 1 00:14:08 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58AFF15A25DC for ; Wed, 1 May 2019 00:14:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michelle@sorbs.net) Received: from hades.sorbs.net (hades.sorbs.net [72.12.213.40]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D914E6E1B2 for ; Wed, 1 May 2019 00:14:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michelle@sorbs.net) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Received: from [10.10.0.230] (gate.mhix.org [203.206.128.220]) by hades.sorbs.net (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7.0.5.29.0 64bit (built Jul 9 2013)) with ESMTPSA id <0PQS002MEUMOY410@hades.sorbs.net> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Tue, 30 Apr 2019 17:28:02 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: ZFS... From: Michelle Sullivan X-Mailer: iPad Mail (16A404) In-reply-to: <576857a5-a5ab-eeb8-2391-992159d9c4f2@denninger.net> Date: Wed, 01 May 2019 10:14:02 +1000 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Message-id: References: <30506b3d-64fb-b327-94ae-d9da522f3a48@sorbs.net> <56833732-2945-4BD3-95A6-7AF55AB87674@sorbs.net> <3d0f6436-f3d7-6fee-ed81-a24d44223f2f@netfence.it> <17B373DA-4AFC-4D25-B776-0D0DED98B320@sorbs.net> <70fac2fe3f23f85dd442d93ffea368e1@ultra-secure.de> <70C87D93-D1F9-458E-9723-19F9777E6F12@sorbs.net> <5ED8BADE-7B2C-4B73-93BC-70739911C5E3@sorbs.net> <2e4941bf-999a-7f16-f4fe-1a520f2187c0@sorbs.net> <34539589-162B-4891-A68F-88F879B59650@sorbs.net> <576857a5-a5ab-eeb8-2391-992159d9c4f2@denninger.net> To: Karl Denninger X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: D914E6E1B2 X-Spamd-Bar: --- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of michelle@sorbs.net designates 72.12.213.40 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=michelle@sorbs.net X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.37 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-0.999,0]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+a:hades.sorbs.net]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[sorbs.net]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[cached: battlestar.sorbs.net]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[40.213.12.72.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.10.0]; SUBJ_ALL_CAPS(0.45)[6]; IP_SCORE(-0.66)[ip: (-1.74), ipnet: 72.12.192.0/19(-0.85), asn: 11114(-0.66), country: US(-0.06)]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.95)[-0.946,0]; RCVD_NO_TLS_LAST(0.10)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:11114, ipnet:72.12.192.0/19, country:US]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 May 2019 00:14:08 -0000 Michelle Sullivan http://www.mhix.org/ Sent from my iPad > On 01 May 2019, at 01:15, Karl Denninger wrote: >=20 >=20 > IMHO non-ECC memory systems are ok for personal desktop and laptop > machines where loss of stored data requiring a restore is acceptable > (assuming you have a reasonable backup paradigm for same) but not for > servers and *especially* not for ZFS storage. I don't like the price of > ECC memory and I really don't like Intel's practices when it comes to > only enabling ECC RAM on their "server" class line of CPUs either but it > is what it is. Pay up for the machines where it matters. And the irony is the FreeBSD policy to default to zfs on new installs using t= he complete drive.. even when there is only one disk available and regardles= s of the cpu or ram class... with one usb stick I have around here it attem= pted to use zfs on one of my laptops. Damned if you do, damned if you don=E2=80=99t comes to mind. Michelle=