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 157: Lincoln’s HDD
CNET’s SEO attempts once again show that nothing lasts forever, why the reports of the death of the mechanical hard drive are greatly exaggerated, and home-made IPMI on the cheap.
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News/discussion
The Internet is not forever after all: CNET deletes old articles to game Google
Coughlin: SSDs will not kill disk drives
Samsung Announces 256TB SSDs and Unveils Peta-Byte Scale PBSSDs
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