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[o1bigtenor]

On Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 6:25 AM Chris Angelico via Python-list
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> On Wed, 25 Oct 2023 at 21:53, o1bigtenor <o1bigtenor at 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!

Regards