N0_Klu3 Posted April 27, 2016 Share #1 Posted April 27, 2016 Hey guys, I'm sure its been brought up many times, but with Xpenology is ECC ram worth it? Are there any nice/good looking server boards that support ECC? As my server is on display and currently using an Asus Sabertooth board with a custom paint job. The reason why I didnt go server before was because the boards really suck. So wondering if there are any nicer looking ECC boards these days and if its worth upgrading just for ECC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brantje Posted April 28, 2016 Share #2 Posted April 28, 2016 Just my opinion, no. You won't need ECC ram for home use on a NAS. The chance that a RAM bit gets corrupt on a home use server is almost 0. Few links, maybe you've visted them already - http://blog.brianmoses.net/2014/03/why-i-chose-non-ecc-ram-for-my-freena... - http://www.overclock.net/t/1505839/do-i-need-ecc-ram-for-home-nas - http://jrs-s.net/2015/02/03/will-zfs-and-non-ecc-ram-kill-your-data/ Posted via Xpenology.us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanedo Posted April 28, 2016 Share #3 Posted April 28, 2016 If you're most concerned with how your board looks, I'm not sure any argument for ECC or other server board features will sway you. I personally feel uptime and data integrity is more important than anything else with a file server. File servers should be functional and reliable. Looks should be a secondary concern in my book. People who don't recommend ECC are the ones that just haven't lost data YET. Once you've lost data or had corrupt data due to bad RAM, you'll swear by ECC no matter the cost. If you don't have or want to spend the money on a dedicated setup, then by all means use whatever you have. However, if you're building from scratch, definitely get a server board + ECC. Things like IPMI, ECC memory, IOMMU, and Intel NICs are features you'll only appreciate once you've had them. Bottomline is if your board and cpu supports ECC, get them. If it doesn't, then make sure you get it for your next full setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N0_Klu3 Posted April 28, 2016 Author Share #4 Posted April 28, 2016 Thanks for the replies. Ye I already have everything, so will upgrade to ECC next time I need to do a rebuild. Thanks all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0fh Posted April 28, 2016 Share #5 Posted April 28, 2016 Just out of my own curiosity, does Synology ship their boxes with ECC? I am sure the high-end stuff does, but what about 18 series and down? I guess I thought they were non-ECC. Since they (currently) only perform XOR functions, I can't see where it would be needed. I suppose with BTRFS it *may* become more important, but I suspect using consumer class drives with consumer class interfaces that is far more likely a source of problems than the RAM. Just my opinion... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abced Posted April 28, 2016 Share #6 Posted April 28, 2016 Only high end boxes come with ECC = most of Synology users don't have it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikino Posted April 29, 2016 Share #7 Posted April 29, 2016 ECC + MOBO that supports ECC = get it, forget it. Because it will just run as it should. I have SuperMicro X10SL7-F board with ECC RAMs and i had no problem with it...ever... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakeman Posted April 29, 2016 Share #8 Posted April 29, 2016 Exactly, I have Asrock C2550D4i with 16GB ECC, not much useful at the moment, but when BtrFS is out then I can simply take advantage of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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