http://linux.sys-con.com/ Latest articles from Martin Petersen Copyright 2008 LINUX Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:51:00 GMT LINUX 10 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://linux.sys-con.com/read/480659.htmhttp://linux.sys-con.com/read/480659.htm Thu, 03 Jan 2008 14:00:00 GMT Data corruption is an insidious problem in storage. While there are many forms of corruption, there are also many ways to prevent them. For example, enterprise class servers use error checking and correcting caches and memory to protect against single and double bit errors. System buses have similar protective measures such as parity. Communications going over the network are protected by checksums.