ECC RAM is a convenience in the same way having checksums of data, or using a redundant form of RAID when you have a 3-2-1 backup strategy: it warns you if the RAM is going bad (i.e. bit flips being ...
I'm not saying it can't happen, but like everything, it depends ...
Hey C&MT, it's been a while for me. I'm putting together a passively-cooled Qotom system (Atom C3758R) to become a new OPNsense router... More accurately, it will probably run Proxmox, with the router ...
About four years ago, the Rowhammer vulnerability in DRAM memory chips emerged. It came about by "hammering" -- many reads or write access -- a particular memory location causing a bit to change state ...