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		turnsout 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Synology reverses policy banning third-party HDDs For truly important files (photos), I’ll take the slight added expense of ECC for a little more peace of mind that old photos aren’t being gradually degraded with every resilver or scrub.

j45 4 months ago [–]

Good point about ZFS. Having more than one copy helps too. ECC is great when possible.

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