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 43: Find my bandwidth
A potential order of magnitude increase in HDD sizes, Amazon Sidewalk, dying SSDs, planning new systems, ssh vs VPN logins, and more.
Plugs
History of ZFS: Part 2: Exploding in Popularity
News/Discussion
Ultra-high-density hard drives made with graphene store ten times more data
Amazon devices will soon automatically share your Internet with neighbors
Free Consulting
We were asked about dying SSDs, push and pull backups with third-party hosting, ssh and VPN logins, and planning new systems.
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CBT Nuggets
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