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    Data integrity: the risks of not using ECC with ZFS (a study)

    Cool... yeah migrating to ZFS is on my big to-do list, but I'm using the occasion to rework and optimize my folder structure, so it's become a big project. Better to do it sooner than later I suppose... That brute-force checksum repair sounds pretty epic btw! I wish they still supported it as...
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    Data integrity: the risks of not using ECC with ZFS (a study)

    Thanks for the insight everyone. Unfortunately I built my new computer shortly before reading up on ECC memory and ZFS, and replacing the motherboard and RAM would run ~$500, so I'm stuck with non-ECC for the time being. If the potential for bitflipping is limited to ARC and open files...
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    Data integrity: the risks of not using ECC with ZFS (a study)

    Apologies for reviving a several-month-old thread, but after reading through everything, I'm still not clear as to what the specific scenarios are for data corruption on ZFS systems with non-ECC RAM. ARC: From the perspective of ZFS, is RAM-based ARC the same as the rest of the filesystem, in...
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    True 8-bit IPS panels (for Mac use)

    Thanks for the suggestions: The Asus PA238Q looks like the most affordable at the moment so I'll be keeping an eye on it. Yeah, as far as we can tell, it is indeed OS X's dithering that conflicts with the Dell's, because on GPUs without temporal dithering (e.g. the old Intel GMA 950), the...
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    True 8-bit IPS panels (for Mac use)

    Hi all, So, I've been lurking in the UltraSharp threads for over a year. Lots of great info and insight to be had here, and last year I ended up getting a u2211h. It's a great display... except that, as documented here and elsewhere, these 6-bit/A-FRC panels don't play very nice with some...
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    2 variants of the HP zr24w 24"" ISP monitor?

    Just a heads up: the zr24w is currently cheaper at B&H at the moment.
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    Dell U2311H

    As for describing the pinstripes, I'll use the gray message reply box here on the forums as an example. It's a solid gray color, but when exhibiting pinstriping, you'll actually see alternating horizontal lines (maybe 2-3 px tall) of two different shades of gray. These pinstripes stay in an...
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    Dell U2311H

    Grrr.... what is going on... after a reboot the pinstripes are back?:confused::confused::confused: Not only that, but now the monitor refuses to wake up once it goes to sleep, and the Mini locks up if the system ever goes to sleep. This is getting ridiculous.....
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    Dell U2311H

    So the DisplayPort cable arrived today and.... after trying all my usual methods, I'm happy to report there are no pinstripes to be found! So I'll probably end up keeping the Mini and the Dell after all (there's a separate problem where certain colors cause my Samsung monitor to flicker, but...
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    Dell U2311H

    Yeah, that is indeed weird. Or perhaps I'm just confusing terminology... the pinstripes are horizontal in that a band of color goes across the whole screen lengthwise. It's reminiscent of OS X's old blue/white pinstriping from the early days. Also, just so I have some more concrete...
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    Dell U2311H

    Thanks ToastyX for that insight. I'm familiar with the 'noisy' kind of dithering on non-8-bit monitors, but this kind of pinstriping is new to me... so it's actually a type of dithering? I've considered the NEC, but with it being over $120 more than what I paid for the Dell, I may just send...
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    Dell U2311H

    Thanks bonecandy for the corroboration. Do you have your Dell hooked up via DVI or DisplayPort? It really is a shame: I love this monitor but this is kind of a show-stopping problem. So far I've only tested 10.6.3 and up (that's as far back as the Mini will go). I have some test partitions on...
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    Dell U2311H

    So in my review on the previous page, I noted what I thought was a display quirk specific to my old iMac: Well, I've now got the Dell hooked up to a brand new 2010 Mac Mini and, guess what, the same pinstriping problem exists! Thankfully there's none of the diagonal/moving bands on grayscale...
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    Dell U2311H

    With both of the panels I got, they looked like new. You get the same 3-year no-dead-pixel warranty as if you got it new, and get to talk to the same customer service people. So for me it was a no-brainer. As for QC, I don't doubt that tint issues and the like are really out there. Of course...
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    Dell U2311H

    So a few pages back I promised to post my thoughts on the refurb u2211h I got from the Dell Outlet. After a week or so, I have to say this monitor lives up to expectations. On a full black background, the purple backlight bleed is visible in the lower right corner, but it's not noticeable...
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