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 31: HD bit flips
How we’ll get to 100TB hard disks by the end of the decade, the potential dangers of flipped bits in network traffic, how to organize multiple copies of your backups, and managing dynamic DNS.
Plugs
Understanding Network Performance
News
Seagate: 100TB HDDs Due in 2030, Multi-Actuator Drives to Become Common
Toshiba’s disk drive: WTF is the flux control effect?
Bitflips when PCs try to reach windows.com: What could possibly go wrong?
Free consulting
We were asked about how to ensure data integrity on multiple backups, and managing dynamic DNS.
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