--- title: Why use ECC? | daily.dev description: This post discusses the arguments against using ECC memory, including the fact that Google didn't use it in their servers in 1999, the rarity of RAM errors due... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/why-use-ecc--fjwzjjuvm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Why use ECC? | daily.dev og:description: This post discusses the arguments against using ECC memory, including the fact that Google didn't use it in their servers in 1999, the rarity of RAM errors due... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-use-ecc--fjwzjjuvm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/FjwZjjUVm.png og:image:alt: Why use ECC? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Why use ECC? **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 15 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary This post discusses the arguments against using ECC memory, including the fact that Google didn't use it in their servers in 1999, the rarity of RAM errors due to hardware improvements, and the belief that if ECC were important, it would be used everywhere. However, the post counters these arguments and highlights the importance of ECC memory in preventing data corruption. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#hardware](https://daily.dev/tags/hardware), [#sap](https://daily.dev/tags/sap) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/why-use-ecc--fjwzjjuvm) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Why use ECC?","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-use-ecc--fjwzjjuvm","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-use-ecc--fjwzjjuvm"},"datePublished":"2024-05-08T13:06:18.863Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T07:55:57.971Z","description":"This post discusses the arguments against using ECC memory, including the fact that Google didn't use it in their servers in 1999, the rarity of RAM errors due...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/8f500a146705d6392f7e4ac054e4067d?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/8f500a146705d6392f7e4ac054e4067d?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Hacker News","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Hacker News","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/hn","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-use-ecc--fjwzjjuvm","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"hardware,sap","timeRequired":"PT15M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hacker News","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Why use ECC?"}]} ```