>> 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.