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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

 

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We were asked about managing config files when updating.

 

 

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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

 

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We were asked about monitoring backups and systems in general.

 

 

 

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Low power x86 vs Arm boards, hard disk failure rates, and the intricacies of ZFS snapshots.

 

Plugs

OpenZFS Developer Summit

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News

Seeed Studio’s Odyssey is a mini-PC for big projects and small wallets

Backblaze Hard Drive Stats Q2 2020

 

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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.

 

 

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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

 

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We were asked about automating ssh between remote hosts. Allan mentioned SSH Mastery.

 

 

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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

 

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We were asked how to deal with updates for software that isn’t in repos and needs to be compiled.

 

 

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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

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News

First benchmarks surface for Apple’s ARM-based Developer Transition Kit

UASP makes Raspberry Pi 4 disk IO 50% faster

 

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We were asked about our home network setups.

 

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Jim bought the worst laptop in the world, a quick update on SMR drives, learning the basics of ZFS, and updating air-gapped servers.

 

Plug

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News

We bought Walmart’s $140 laptop so you wouldn’t have to

Lawsuit vs. Western Digital wants to end any use of SMR in NAS drives

Western Digital adds “Red Plus” branding for non-SMR hard drives

 

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We were asked about the best ways to start with ZFS, and Shlomi asked about updating air-gapped Ubuntu machines with various VMs.

 

 

 

 

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When the world will move to IPv6, WD SMR drives put to the test, raw vs qcow2 on ZFS, and erasing SSDs.

 

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News

It could be ‘five to ten years’ before the world finally drags itself away from IPv4

We put Western Digital’s dreaded SMR Red drive to the test

 

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Michael asked for advice about whether to use raw or qcow2 on ZFS, and Joe had a question about giving SSDs away.

 

 

 

 

 

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Zoom’s new encryption, podcasts in walled gardens, and servers as pets vs cattle.

 

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News

Zoom to require users to upgrade to 5.0 after May 30th

Zoom bought Keybase in early May

Joe Rogan will move his podcast to Spotify

 

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Eduardo asked us to dive a little deeper into how to move from being an admin who treats their servers like pets to being an admin who treats their servers like cattle.

 

 

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Why Apache is still relevant in 2020, and the differences between ZFS and Btrfs.

 

Plugs

Allan’s BSDCan Homelab panel

Allan on setns.live

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Apache vs Nginx

Apache 101

 

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Several people including Emil have asked us to discuss the differences between ZFS and Btrfs. Jim recently wrote a ZFS 101 article.

 

 

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