Comment by randomNumber7

6 days ago

For errors due to radiation the probability is extremely low, since it would need to flip the same bit at the same time in two different places.

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sippeangelo 6 days ago

Then why 8 instead of 3?

okibry 4 days ago

8 is 2 to the power of 3
randomNumber7 6 days ago

They know their developers and engineers suck almost as hard as their management decisions so they added some more redundancy.