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 270: Storage Shortage

October 23, 2025 27:46 23.66 MB Downloads: 0

It looks like the storage companies aren’t betting on the AI bubble lasting much longer, the arguments against self-hosting, and setting up a server for virtualization and containers.

 

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ZFS Performance Tuning in the Real World: ARC, L2ARC, and SLOG

 

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Expect HDD, SSD shortages as AI rewrites the rules of storage hierarchy — multiple companies announce price hikes, too

The Future is NOT Self-Hosted

 

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We were asked about setting up a server for virtualization and containers.

 

 

 

 

 

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