In this head-to-head episode of TrueNAS Tech Talk, Kris and Chris discuss the burning question of decades of TrueNAS users - "ECC or Non-ECC?" Myths will be busted, lines will be drawn, and we'll talk about just how deep the ECC rabbit hole can go. Submit questions and inquiries to t3@ and visit our other channels at ‪ @TrueNAS and ‪@iXsystemsInc Download TrueNAS for yourself: TrueNAS Community Forums: Read up on systemd-sysext: Matthew Ahrens: #post-26303271 ProtonDB: CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 0:55 Quick Update on 3:30 ECC vs Non-ECC - Poll Results 4:20 A Little Mythbusting 5:00 Kris - Why non-ECC? 9:18 ZFS w/o ECC or non-ZFS w/ECC? 10:15 Risk Assessment 10:48 Chris - Why ECC? 15:54 The Famous Matthew Ahrens Quote 16:58 It's ECC All The Way Down 17:48 RAID IS NOT A BACKUP 19:30 Kris Switches to Linux for Gaming 26:16 Wrapping Up and Reaching Out