nate wrote: > Les Mikesell wrote: > >> Yes, apparently RAM errors can be subtle and only appear when certain >> adjacent bit patterns are stored - or when the moon is in a certain >> phase or something. > > Don't forget cosmic rays > > http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1978ITNS...25.1166P Yeah, but those don't stop when you replace the faulty RAM... Mine did, but the errors committed to disk kept randomly re-appearing mysteriously as the reads from the RAID1 alternated afterwards. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com