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Re:Should I buy ECC memory? (2015) by lomnakkus on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @07:54PM (#14208065)
Hm? As long as the error correction technology on your chosen SSD of choice stands up, I guess... yes? What, exactly, are you asking?
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Re:Should I buy ECC memory? (2015) by derefr on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @07:58PM (#14208091)
My thought was "reading SSDs doesn't degrade them, so there's no disadvantage to constant scrubbing." Unless I've misunderstood what you mean by "reading."
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Re:Should I buy ECC memory? (2015) by lomnakkus on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @08:05PM (#14208130)
Ah, right, fair point. AFAIUI SSD storage does degrade a tiny(!) amount when reading, but magnetic storage degrades quite a bit more.

(That's where that came from, draw your own conlusions :).)

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