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 14: Not a database
How not to store test results, AMD firmly on top of the desktop space, what moving to remote work means for corporate networks, and deduplication of disorganized data.
Plugs
Allan’s summary of the OpenZFS Devsummit 2020
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News
Why using Microsoft’s tool caused Covid-19 results to be lost
AMD’s new Zen 3 Ryzen desktop CPUs arrive November 5
Yesterday’s corporate network design isn’t working for working from home
Free consulting
Joe asked for advice on deduplicating some old disorganized data.
Datadog
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