2.5 Admins 50: Optimal Airtime

Huge improvements for WireGuard on Windows, and a brief update on the Framework Laptop. Plus why RAID is not a backup, when to use bare metal vs VMs, choosing database types, and more.

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New WireGuardNT shatters throughput ceilings on Windows

Framework’s lightweight modular laptop is a winner

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We were asked about RAID and whether similar disks die at the same time, Samba speed differences, VMs vs bare metal, and databases.

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