2.5 Admins is a podcast featuring two sysadmins called Allan Jude and Jim Salter, and a producer/editor who can just about configure a Samba share called Joe Ressington. Every two weeks we get together, talk about recent tech news, and answer some of your admin-related questions.
2.5 Admins 126: Copy on Flight
A recent outage that grounded thousands of planes, correcting ZFS misreporting, the problem of fake SSDs on Amazon, and IP schemes vs internal DNS.
Plugs
FreeBSD vs Linux: Package Management
News
FAA outage that grounded flights blamed on old tech and damaged database file
The Future of ZFS on Ubuntu Desktop is Not Looking Good
Why the Heck Is Amazon Selling These Fake 16 Terabyte Portable SSD Drives?
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We were asked about IP schemes.
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