The Crucial brand of consumer SSDs and RAM is going away, AMD and Intel memory encryption can be bypassed with cheap hardware, more AI buffoonery, and monitoring users’ usage on a network.
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When RAID Isn’t Enough: ZFS Redundancy Done Right
News/discussion
Micron Announces Exit from Crucial Consumer Business
Cheap Hardware Module Bypasses AMD, Intel Memory Encryption
Google’s vibe coding platform deletes entire drive
One day, AI might be better than you at surfing the web. That day isn’t today
Free consulting
We were asked about monitoring users’ usage on a network.
Tailscale
Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex infrastructure. Go to tailscale.com/25a and try Tailscale out for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required. Use code LATENIGHTLINUX for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan.
See our contact page for ways to get in touch.
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2.5 Admins 276: Very Prudish Network
What a government crackdown on VPNs would look like, malware groups play the long game with browser extensions, a new major version of FreeBSD is released, and using a single database vs one DB per application or VM.
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ZFS Enabled Disaster Recovery for Virtualization
News/discussion
The VPN panic is only getting started
Stealthy browser extensions waited years before infecting 4.3M Chrome, Edge users with backdoors and spyware
FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE Announcement
Free consulting
We were asked about using a single database vs one DB per application or VM.
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2.5 Admins 275: G-word
Google kept collecting sensor data even after bricking Nest thermostats, FreeBSD’s container support gets serious, and where to find cheap (or even dirt cheap) used hardware.
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How to Set Up a Highly Available ZFS Pool Using Mirroring and iSCSI
December Webinar: The 12 Days of ZFS: Tips, Tricks, and Treats
News/discussion
Google is collecting troves of data from downgraded Nest thermostats
FreeBSD Officially Supported in OCI Runtime Specification v1.3
Free consulting
We were asked about where to find cheap (or even dirt cheap) used hardware.
Tailscale
Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex infrastructure. Go to tailscale.com/25a and try Tailscale out for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required. Use code LATENIGHTLINUX for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan.
See our contact page for ways to get in touch.
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2.5 Admins 274: Go Go Gadget Windows
Windows is becoming an “agentic OS”, some WD SMR drives are dying prematurely, backing up VMware with ZFS, and separating trusted and non-trusted devices on your network.
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Understanding Storage Performance Metrics
December Webinar: The 12 Days of ZFS: Tips, Tricks, and Treats
News/discussion
Microsoft is turning Windows into an ‘agentic OS,’ starting with the taskbar
Critics scoff after Microsoft warns AI feature can infect machines and pilfer data
WD launches investigation into problems with its controversial SMR hard drives
Free consulting
We were asked about backing up VMware with ZFS, and separating trusted and non-trusted devices on your network.
See our contact page for ways to get in touch.
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2.5 Admins 273: Reliability Tracking
Allan tells us about the recent OpenZFS Summit including inconsistent JBODs, more details about mixed disk sizes in ZFS with AnyRaid, an upcoming standard that allows you to keep using partially dead hard drives, Seagate’s roadmap for 50 and 100 TB drives, and NVMe connected mechanical drives. Plus using a separate mini PC for work.
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Building Enterprise-Grade Storage on Proxmox with ZFS
December Webinar: The 12 Days of ZFS: Tips, Tricks, and Treats
Free consulting
We were asked about using a separate mini PC for work.
See our contact page for ways to get in touch.
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 week we get together, talk about recent tech news, and answer some of your admin-related questions.