On Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 6:25 AM Chris Angelico via Python-list <python-list@python.org> wrote: > > On Wed, 25 Oct 2023 at 21:53, o1bigtenor <o1bigte...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hmmmmmmmmmm - - - - now how can I combine 'Hamming codes' > > and a raid array? > > > > TIA > > Normally you wouldn't. But let's say you're worried that a file might > get randomly damaged. (I don't think single-bit errors are really a > significant issue with mass storage, as you'd be more likely to have > an entire sector unreadable, but this can certainly happen in > transmission.) What you do is take a set of data bits, add an error > correction code, and send them on their way. The more data bits per > block, the more efficient, but if there are too many errors you will > lose data. So there's a tradeoff. > > Thank you Mr Chris! Cogent explanation that makes sense. So - - - no change needed to my storage systems. Great!
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