I’m actually fascinated by how much this post became accepted canon over the years.
The truth is that everyone should want to use ECC wherever data integrity is a priority, regardless of whether or not they’re using ZFS. The conjecture about ZFS being uniquely vulnerable has been debunked over and over again. Maybe there was something different back in 2014 when this was written, but even if that was the case it’s not a good idea to use such old blog posts full of admitted conjecture to anchor your technology understandings.
The truth is that everyone should want to use ECC wherever data integrity is a priority, regardless of whether or not they’re using ZFS. The conjecture about ZFS being uniquely vulnerable has been debunked over and over again. Maybe there was something different back in 2014 when this was written, but even if that was the case it’s not a good idea to use such old blog posts full of admitted conjecture to anchor your technology understandings.