[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > The 5 year claim seems > decades too short unless they are talking about a newer technology.
I think what Simon is on about is CRCs being routinely used on the cable between the disk drive and the CPU. When I was involved in this stuff you usually only got a parity bit on each byte transferred. CRCs for all disk command/result messages would definitely help close a risk area --- but that's only one risk of many. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend