2.5 Admins

Google proves that “unlimited” anything doesn’t exist, GitHub shenanigans, Apple’s new Arm computers, and which distro to start with as a sysadmin.   Plugs Allan’s ZFS Webinar – Nov 18th, signup soon Support us on patreon. If enough people do, we will go weekly.   News Arm Macs announced Google Photos is the latest “Unlimited” plan to impose hard limits GitHub’s source code was leaked on GitHub last night… sort of Allan trolls Greg K-H   Free consulting We were asked whether someone starting out as a sysadmin should master Debian or CentOS.     Datadog This episode is sponsored by Datadog – the unified monitoring and analytics platform for comprehensive visibility into cloud, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments. Start your Datadog trial today by visiting datadog.com/25admins, create one dashboard, and you’ll get a free Datadog t-shirt.   TrueNAS from iXsystems This episode is sponsored by TrueNAS from iXsystems, the number one Open Storage OS. See how TrueNAS can support your next storage project, whether it’s just a few terabytes, all the way up to multiple petabytes.       See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  

We wade through Cloudfare’s marketing fluff, forced WordPress plugin updates, a bunch of your questions, and the shocking revelation that FreeBSD actually has graphics drivers.   Plugs History of FreeBSD, Part 2   News Introducing Cloudflare One Introducing Cloudflare Browser Isolation beta WordPress deploys forced security update for dangerous bug in popular plugin   Free consulting We answered a big batch of questions about managing bandwidth quotas, tape backups, preventing users from rebooting, and DKMS issues. We mentioned Firehol, ntopng, and Bacula.     Datadog This episode is sponsored by Datadog – the unified monitoring and analytics platform for comprehensive visibility into cloud, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments. Start your Datadog trial today by visiting datadog.com/25admins, create one dashboard, and you’ll get a free Datadog t-shirt.   Lernard This episode is sponsored by Lernard. Sign up at automation.link and upgrade with the code admins to get 50% off a years’ subscription to a new devops training site called Lernard.   See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  

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 All Things Open Support us on patreon. If enough people do, we will go weekly.   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 This episode is sponsored by Datadog – the unified monitoring and analytics platform for comprehensive visibility into cloud, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments. Start your Datadog trial today by visiting datadog.com/25admins, create one dashboard, and you’ll get a free Datadog t-shirt.   TrueNAS from iXsystems This episode is sponsored by TrueNAS from iXsystems, the number one Open Storage OS. See how TrueNAS can support your next storage project, whether it’s just a few terabytes, all the way up to multiple petabytes.       See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  

Intel almost catching up to AMD with Tiger Lake, the .uk fiasco, and why you shouldn’t be using dd.   Plugs OpenZFS Developer Summit All Things Open 2020 Support us on patreon. If enough people do, we will go weekly.   News Hands-on with Intel’s i7-1185G7 Tiger Lake prototype laptop Intel’s run at the GPU market begins with Tiger Lake onboard graphics What the hell is going on with .uk? .uk registry operator Nominet responds to renewed criticism – by silencing its critics .uk overlord Nominet tells everyone not to worry about ‘distorted’ vote allocations in its board elections   Free consulting We were asked about block size while using dd. Jim mentioned his blog post about iostat.   Datadog This episode is sponsored by Datadog – the unified monitoring and analytics platform for comprehensive visibility into cloud, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments. Start your Datadog trial today by visiting datadog.com/25admins, create one dashboard, and you’ll get a free Datadog t-shirt.     See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  

Cyber insurance for ransomware, more confusing WD specs, the truth behind the return of the Gateway brand, and managing config files.   News Ransomware accounted for 41% of all cyber insurance claims in H1 2020 Western Digital is trying to redefine the word “RPM” We found out who makes Walmart’s new Gateway laptops, and it’s bad news   Free consulting We were asked about managing config files when updating.     TrueNAS from iXsystems This episode is sponsored by TrueNAS from iXsystems, the number one Open Storage OS. See how TrueNAS can support your next storage project, whether it’s just a few terabytes, all the way up to multiple petabytes.   Datadog This episode is sponsored by Datadog – the unified monitoring and analytics platform for comprehensive visibility into cloud, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments. Start your Datadog trial today by visiting datadog.com/25admins, create one dashboard, and you’ll get a free Datadog t-shirt.       See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  

How Internet standards are decided, what a new one means for the Web, a surprising “feature” of Chrome, and the best ways to monitor your systems.   News WebBundles Harmful to Content Blocking, Security Tools, and the Open Web RFC8890: The Internet is for End Users A Chrome feature is creating enormous load on global root DNS servers   Free consulting We were asked about monitoring backups and systems in general.       See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  

Low power x86 vs Arm boards, hard disk failure rates, and the intricacies of ZFS snapshots.   Plugs OpenZFS Developer Summit Support the podcast on Patreon   News Seeed Studio’s Odyssey is a mini-PC for big projects and small wallets Backblaze Hard Drive Stats Q2 2020   Free consulting We were asked about ZFS on root, snapshots, and Jim’s project called Sanoid.     TrueNAS from iXsystems This episode is sponsored by TrueNAS from iXsystems, the number one Open Storage OS. See how TrueNAS can support your next storage project, whether it’s just a few terabytes, all the way up to multiple petabytes.     See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  

Intel’s 7nm woes, hosts files, Mozilla’s VPN service, and automating ssh between remote hosts.   News Heads roll at Intel after 7nm delay Intel’s 7nm is busted, chips delayed, may have to use rival foundries to get GPUs out for US govt exascale super AMD is now following Moore’s Law: More chips, more money, more pressure on Intel, more competition in the x86 space AMD Says Zen 3 Consumer CPUs Will Launch This Year Windows 10: HOSTS file blocking telemetry is now flagged as a risk We test Mozilla’s new Wireguard-based $5/mo VPN service   Free consulting We were asked about automating ssh between remote hosts. Allan mentioned SSH Mastery.     See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  

New types of hard disks, recovering data from dying drives, AMD makes Jim reach for the calculator, and what to do with obscure software that you need.   Plugs FreeBSD Fridays: A Series of 101 Classes Joe’s podcast consulting   News Western Digital releases new 18TB, 20TB EAMR drives Tales From The Sysadmin: Impending Hard Drive Doom AMD Ryzen 4000 desktop CPUs will be here in Q3 2020   Free consulting We were asked how to deal with updates for software that isn’t in repos and needs to be compiled.     See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  

Initial Arm Mac benchmarks are out and they aren’t terrible, getting the best transfer speeds over USB, and rolling our own home routers.   Plugs FreeBSD Bug Squash Support the podcast on Patreon   News First benchmarks surface for Apple’s ARM-based Developer Transition Kit UASP makes Raspberry Pi 4 disk IO 50% faster   Free Consulting We were asked about our home network setups.   See our contact page for ways to get in touch.