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DateMon, 03 Jul 2006 15:04:54 -0700
FromBruce Ferrell <>
SubjectRe: ext4 features
Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> On Mon, 03 Jul 2006 17:34:18 EDT, Bill Davidsen said:
> 
>>I think he is talking about another problem. RAID addresses detectable
>>failures at the hardware level. I believe that he wants validation after
>>the data is returned (without error) from the device. While in most
>>cases if what you wrote and what you read don't match it's memory,
>>improving the chances of catching the error is useful, given that
>>non-server often lacks ECC on memory, or people buy cheaper non-parity
>>memory.
> 
> 
> There's other issues as well.  Why do people run 'tripwire' on boxes that
> have RAID on them?

Because they're looking for malicous changes
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