How does bitrot protection actually work?

snakyjake wrote:
After looking at the different models, I don't have a lot of confidence in the cheaper non-ECC models. For a prosumer, it gets quite expensive.

Well, of course the ECC Ram costs more for Netgear to buy, and on top of that you need other system components that support the RAM. The lower end of their market is price sensitive (it always is), so I think from a business point of view it likely isn't viable for them to include ECC there.

For better or worse, most consumers simply aren't as concerned about silent bit rot as you are, so ECC is not a must-have feature for them. If enterprises started demanding it in all devices, that would likely change - but I haven't seen much that suggests that will happen anytime soon.

That said, I think Netgear should describe what they are doing in more detail.