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I have a few (mini)servers (1xAMD E-350 & 1xIntel i5-2500k) running 24/7 that don't support ECC RAM. However I will store data mostly on dedicated servers with AMD AM3(+) CPUs which support ECC RAM. Now the question is: since I work from my desktop on a LAN to the file server (AM3+, ECC supported - unbuffered) and all traffics pass through the AMD E-350 which does NOT support ECC, will my data be corrupted by this board before arriving on the safe ECC-supported server (traffic will pass as a linux bridge, since this will be a linux debian / gentoo router).

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Uh, just because something isn't error correcting doesn't necessarily mean it's INTRODUCING ERRORS CONSTANTLY... – Shinrai Oct 12 '11 at 17:01
In fact I saw some comments saying that if your ram is bad then all your data could get corrupted. If it's "only" 0-10 x single-bit errors per 16GB per day (which, still, is worth to be considered) then I might be able to live with that. My primary data server (real data, not movies or anything that can be replaced) will run ecc, but all network traffic goes through a non-ECC server (which I think is the way low-cost routers work, or do they use ECC ?). The question is: the traffic gets directly bridged from one card to the other through the cpu or memory could corrupt data transmitted?Thanks – user51166 Oct 12 '11 at 17:08
There's a difference between "Does it introduce the potential for corruption?" and "Will my data be corrupted?". My point was that your question currently reads like the latter. – Shinrai Oct 12 '11 at 17:10
Well reading comments online about ECC ram seems to lead to the latter since the chance of having a memory bit error in non-ecc ram seems to be pretty high if your server is always on (even if it's one bit corrupted in 1 year it's still almost certain, although the probability of having a memory error in the next 2 hours might be very small). – user51166 Oct 12 '11 at 17:25
However just say what you think about it. I don't really like probabilities anyway ^_^ – user51166 Oct 12 '11 at 17:28
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