The rate for your home PC is inconsequential, and the difference between a thin sheet of metal and lexan would have an inconsequential impact.
But flips are not inherently inconsequential. Coincidentally, a lot of my current work involves making sure we are not adversely affected by cosmic bit flips in safety-critical hardware.
If you have real data integrity needs, you shouldn’t be relying on off-the-shelf home PC parts. There’s real hardware and software for such applications.
Your basement is safe enough from cosmic rays for your personal needs.
Do you mean that you think bit flips are inconsequential, or that the rate of bit flips is inconsequential?
The rate for your home PC is inconsequential, and the difference between a thin sheet of metal and lexan would have an inconsequential impact.
But flips are not inherently inconsequential. Coincidentally, a lot of my current work involves making sure we are not adversely affected by cosmic bit flips in safety-critical hardware.
Please don’t make assumptions about my data integrity needs.
But thanks for clarifying what you meant.
If you have real data integrity needs, you shouldn’t be relying on off-the-shelf home PC parts. There’s real hardware and software for such applications.
Your basement is safe enough from cosmic rays for your personal needs.
Where’s your ECC?