> It turns out that really unstable hardware/networks like to expose bugs.

This sounds like a weird complaint to be honest. If you verify that your hardware is unstable, how can you expect the software not to fail and corrupt data?

> Also, read the Riak documentation and you'll find the corruption recovery documentation among other hints at common failures and limitations.

I'm not sure how that's a negative thing. You think about and document recovery even if you don't expect things to fail.