2.5 Admins 178: LOTS of Storage

Hard drives are pretty much an enterprise product now, GitHub’s malware problem, and spreading services across different machines and VMs to keep downtime to a minimum.

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OpenZFS Storage Best Practices and Use Cases Part 1: Snapshots and Backups

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Hard disk drives are next in line to become mostly enterprise hardware — as Nvidia (and AMD) could be planning to focus on AI, leaving consumers as second-class citizens

Seagate unveils 30 TB+ Exos HAMR disk drives – Blocks and Files

Miscreants absolutely love using GitHub to sling malware

Flying Under the Radar: Abusing GitHub for Malicious Infrastructure

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