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 10: Mini-PCs and HDDs
Low power x86 vs Arm boards, hard disk failure rates, and the intricacies of ZFS snapshots.
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Backblaze Hard Drive Stats Q2 2020
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We were asked about ZFS on root, snapshots, and Jim’s project called Sanoid.
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