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 67: Haitch
An insight into the massive scale of Google’s infrastructure, Allan and Jim refuse to accept that crypto now means cryptocurrency (and confuse Latin and Greek), multi-factor auth and WireGuard, and testing network quality.
Plugs
News/Discussion
Google’s server life extension delivers $1.7bn revenue boost in nine months
Google to make its own custom server chips as well
Seagate demos hard disk drive with an NVMe interface
Cryptographers are not happy with how you’re using the word ‘crypto’
Free Consulting
We were asked about using WireGuard with multi-factor authentication, and testing network quality.
FreeBSD Network Troubleshooting: Understanding Network Performance
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CBT Nuggets
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