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 252: Nintendon’t Back Up
Nintendo cuts off Switches that dare to play backed up games, more Microsoft AI exploits, why you shouldn’t regularly spin down hard drives, and securing applications on a home server.
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Reliable ZFS Storage on Commodity Hardware – A Cost-Efficient, Data-Sure Storage Solution
Klara co-hosted a webinar with TrueNAS about ZFS Fast Dedup
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Switch 2 users report online console bans after running personal game “backups”
Intellectual Property & Piracy FAQ | Nintendo Support
I learned the hard way to never spin down your NAS hard drives
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