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Im currently thinking of purchasing a Synology NAS that comes with BTRFS. Just wondering, do you happen to know if BTRFS also requires ECC RAM to function corr

Im currently thinking of purchasing a Synology NAS that comes with BTRFS. Just wondering, do you happen to know if BTRFS also requires ECC RAM to function correctly?

cdibona 4y ago
Depending on the model, most of the larger capacity synologys require ECC when expanding (1821+ for me recently)
fmajid 4y ago
Bit flips and data corruption affects all filesystems, and all systems stand to benefit from ECC, as shown by Linus' experience.