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 21: Reproducible errors
The merits of ECC RAM, why reproducible builds are a good idea, and where to buy used equipment.
Plugs
Webinar: Introducing OpenZFS 2.0
News/Discussion
Linus Torvalds rails at Intel for ‘killing’ the ECC industry
Why don’t PCs use error correcting RAM? “Because Intel,” says Linus
You don’t need reproducible builds
Free consulting
We were asked about the best places to buy used equipment.
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Datadog
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