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From: benson@stratus.gatech.edu (Glenn Benson)
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Subject: memory failure
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Date: 30 Mar 88 22:29:18 GMT
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Most recovery schemes assume that the contents of main memory is
lost whenever a machine crashes.  Obviously, this is the case when
power is lost.  Are there any empirical studies that indicate the
reliability of main memory for all types of crashes?