Comment on Hetzner EX 4S Unixbench, dd and htparm resultsparentComments−hjalle14yI never meant to criticise, I saw that they have ECC-servers as well, I just wondered what the implications would be if running a database on a non ecc server, as I've never really understood how much damage it could cause.−espennilsen14yShort answer: ECC will save you from having corrupt data written to your database if one of the DIMMs are corrupt.−Arelius14yOr more importantly, if cosmic rays hit your data in the wrong way.
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I never meant to criticise, I saw that they have ECC-servers as well, I just wondered what the implications would be if running a database on a non ecc server, as I've never really understood how much damage it could cause.
Short answer: ECC will save you from having corrupt data written to your database if one of the DIMMs are corrupt.
Or more importantly, if cosmic rays hit your data in the wrong way.