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[cmorris at cs.odu.edu (Charles Morris)]

>> And silent memory corruption can make its way to the filesystem,  or
>> applications'  internal saved data structures  (such as the contents
>> of a VM's registry database).

> Since we don't hear about Mac mini server users screaming about how
> their servers are constantly crashing, the severity and frequency of
> memory corruption events may not be anywhere near what you suggest.
>

ECC is an absolute MUST. Case closed-
unless you like corrupt encryption keys that blow away an entire volume.