Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 23 Jun 2011 18:09:14 -0700 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] support for broken memory modules (BadRAM) | From | Craig Bergstrom <> |
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On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Luck, Tony <tony.luck@intel.com> wrote: >> I don't think it makes sense to handle something like that with a list. >> The compact representation currently in badram is great for that. > > I'd tend to agree here. Rick has made a convincing argument that there > are significant numbers of real world cases where a defective row/column > in a DIMM results in a predictable pattern of errors. The ball is now > in Google's court to take a look at their systems that have high numbers > of errors to see if they can actually be described by a small number > of BadRAM patterns as Rick has claimed. >
Hi All,
We (Google) are working on a data-driven answer for this question. I know that there has been some analysis on this topic on the past, but I don't want to speculate until we've had some time to put all the pieces together. Stay tuned for specifics.
Cheers, CraigB
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