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Why a proposal for an alternative to IPv6 is unlikely to be viable, Microsoft really doesn’t want you to run Exchange Server on-prem, Google will finally stop being a proper search engine, setting up an email server for internal use, and mitigating DDoS attacks without Cloudflare.

 

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Tuning ZFS for Databases

Webinar: May 27th at 11am EDT: Database Performance on ZFS with Tom Lawrence

 

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Veteran network architect proposes IPv8 – to improve IPv4, not leapfrog v6

Exchange Server zero-day vulnerability can be triggered by opening a malicious email

Google Search as you know it is over

 

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People trying to return defective hard drives and RAM are finding out why consumer protection laws would be good, GoDaddy accidentally gave someone’s domain name away, and when and how to fix ZFS fragmentation.

 

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Fast Dedup Economics: When Deduplication Beats Buying New Disks

 

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Toshiba refuses to replace large hard drive that was under warranty — company offers refund at the purchase price, not the higher current retail price

GoDaddy Gave a Domain to a Stranger Without Any Documentation

 

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Microsoft is encouraging employees with the most experience to leave the company and letting users pause Windows updates forever, some of the best features you’ll get in the version of ZFS that ships with the new Ubuntu LTS, and backing up data from cloud services.

 

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Extending ZFS Performance Without Hardware Upgrades

 

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Microsoft tackles quality control issues. Just kidding, it’s encouraging experienced workers to leave

Your Windows update experience just got updated

zfs-2.3.0

zfs-2.4.0

 

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Hitting the limit for hard links, a parent struggles to get back into their teen’s compromised Discord account, the demise of tower PCs and general purpose computing in general, and changing the properties of existing ZFS pools.

 

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Compensating for RAM Constraints with L2ARC on ZFS

 

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How Jennifer Aniston and Friends Cost Us 377GB and Broke ext4 Hardlinks

Dad stuck in support nightmare after teen lied about age on Discord

Apple’s last tower topples… and the others will follow

 

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Microsoft locks devs out of important accounts, the foreign router ban exemptions make even less sense, Backblaze shows that “unlimited” never means that, and attempting to avoid software that’s written with AI.

 

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Do More with Less: Cost-Efficient Storage on the New TrueNAS with Enhanced Fast Dedup

The Hidden Value of CPU-Intensive Compression on Modern Hardware

 

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Microsoft locks out VeraCrypt and WireGuard devs, blames verification process

Action Required: Account Verification for Windows Hardware Program Begins October 16, 2025

FCC exempts Netgear from ban on foreign routers, doesn’t explain why

Backblaze has quietly stopped backing up your data

 

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Why putting data center satellites in orbit is a terrible idea, Google might show people a made-up version of your website, and ZFS on really old Dell servers.

 

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Orbital data centers, part 1: There’s no way this is economically viable, right? 11 mins edited

Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea

Google Just Patented The End Of Your Website

 

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Arm announces its first CPU, Anthropic accidentally leaks the source for Claude Code and it’s terrible, and setting up a backup for a friend’s photos.

 

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FreeBSD and OpenZFS in the Quest for Technical Independence: A Storage Architect’s View​

 

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Arm expands compute platform to silicon products in historic company first

Anthropic exposes Claude Code source by accident

 

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Microsoft says Windows 11 is getting less rubbish but we are skeptical, vehicles with alcohol interlocks won’t start because the manufacturer’s server is down, and whether you should virtualise a router or a NAS.

 

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Five‑Year Storage Design with OpenZFS: Media Refresh, Rebalancing, and Hardware Independence

 

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Our commitment to Windows quality

Microsoft fixes broken Windows update days after vowing fewer broken updates

Cyberattack on vehicle breathalyzer company leaves drivers stranded across the US

 

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The US government is drumming up fear about foreign routers, a pretty serious supply chain attack might be state-sponsored, and the safety of filesystems inside VMs.

 

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The Real Cost of Technology Dependence: Building Independence with Open-Source Storage

 

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US bans any new consumer-grade routers not made in America

National Security Determination on the Threat Posed by Routers Produced by Foreign Countries (pdf)

1K+ cloud environments infected following Trivy supply chain attack

Self-propagating malware poisons open source software and wipes Iran-based machines

 

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Why passkeys aren’t the right solution to everything, Allan tells us why he loves his new Lithium Iron Phosphate UPS, Btrfs vs ZFS on root, and restricting Internet access for IoT devices on your network.

 

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Designing OpenZFS Storage for Independence

 

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Please, please, please stop using passkeys for encrypting user data

Allan’s new Anker SOLIX C1000 Gen 2 Portable Power Station

 

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