2.5 Admins 2.5 Admins 265: Storage Lies
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Sep 18, 2025 Joe shares his experience setting up a FreeBSD box as a replication target, highlighting its unique differences from Linux. The hosts delve into the common myths surrounding storage metrics, uncovering misconceptions about busy states, sector sizes, and misleading capacity marketing. They also discuss the unreliable nature of SMART attributes, giving listeners valuable insights into what really matters in storage technology. A practical and enlightening listen for those navigating the world of servers and storage!
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Install Only Needed Packages
- Install only the packages you need on FreeBSD since the base system contains zero third-party packages by design.
- Use Fetch to download files or add curl/wget if you prefer familiar tools.
Use Two Tools For Updates
- Run both freebsd-update for the base OS and pkg upgrade for third-party packages to keep the system secure.
- Use package upgrade -V to only update known-vulnerable packages if you want constrained updates.
Quarterly Repo Vs Latest And Future Packaging
- FreeBSD offers two package repositories: quarterly and latest, trading update frequency for stability.
- FreeBSD 15 will allow managing base OS via packages, unifying updates with pkg.
