2.5 Admins 76: Horses for Courses

The pain of updating Windows, FreeBSD vs Linux, and getting started with ZFS.

 

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FreeBSD Periodic Scripts

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News/discussion

Microsoft: Windows needs at least 8 hours online to update reliably

Why we’re migrating (many of) our servers from Linux to FreeBSD

Counterpoint to “FreeBSD’s network stack is better”

 

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We were asked about getting started with ZFS.

What Makes a Good Time to Use OpenZFS Slog and When Should You Avoid It

Choosing the right ZFS pool layout

OpenZFS: All about the cache vdev or L2ARC

ZFS 101—Understanding ZFS storage and performance

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love RAIDZ

 

 

 

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