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 253: ImpossibleFS

June 26, 2025 27:55 5.29 MB ( 18.49 MB less) Downloads: 0

Jim is concerned that we might not see another next-gen filesystem that can compete with ZFS, no matter how much we all want one. Plus whether you should switch to third-party firmware on your router.

 

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ZFS Performance Tuning – Optimizing for your Workload

 

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Bcachefs Lands More Improvements For Linux 6.16 After Data Loss Bug Hit v6.15

I’m starting to wonder if modern next-gen filesystems are approaching an inherent limit of human ability to mentally model and manage complexity

 

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We were asked whether you should switch to third-party firmware on your router.

 

 

 

 

 

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