Episodes

  • 2.5 Admins 307: One Big Pool
    Jul 9 2026

    Follow-up on rebooting to update, portable power stations, glass storage, and objective news sources. Plus whether to use one ZFS pool per vdev, or just one large pool.

    Plugs

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    Native inotify in FreeBSD

    Feedback

    Anker SOLIX EV Charger Adapter (For F3000, J1722 only)

    EcoFlow EV Charger to Portable Power Station Adaptor (SAE J1772 to 5P8 Port, 50A)

    WattCycle First-to-Market: WattLINK – EcoFlow Delta 2/3 Series PPS E

    Free consulting

    We were asked about whether to use one ZFS pool per vdev, or just one large pool.

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    27 mins
  • 2.5 Admins 306: WiFi Cable
    Jul 2 2026

    Why setting up commercial email and VPN services is incredibly hard, avoiding TrueNAS’s move from FreeBSD to Linux, why we avoid virtualising storage systems, and bridging WiFi to an external building.

    Plugs

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    Using Object Storage with OpenZFS and SeaweedFS

    Discussion

    Jeff Moss explains why setting up private email and VPN services are so difficult

    Feedback

    XigmaNAS

    Free consulting

    We were asked about bridging WiFi to an external building.

    Point-to-point Wi-Fi bridging between buildings—the cheap and easy way

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    28 mins
  • 2.5 Admins 305: Short Two
    Jun 25 2026

    The one tool in our IT tool belt that we value the most. This is a short episode because Joe is having a summer break.

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    7 mins
  • 2.5 Admins 304: Wiring a House
    Jun 18 2026

    Wiring up a house for networking including cables, access points, connectors, and racks. Plus Google is found liable for what its AI overviews say.

    Plugs

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    Managing Cache and DirectIO for Databases on ZFS

    Webinar: June 30th @ 11am EDT: FreeBSD After Hours AMA

    News/discussion

    Landmark German ruling declares Google’s AI Overviews are Google’s own words and makes it liable for false answers

    Free consulting

    We were asked about wiring up a house for access points etc.

    Jim’s guide to Wi-Fi AP placement

    Monoprice 24-port Cat5e Patch Panel

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    30 mins
  • 2.5 Admins 303: Denial of Secrets
    Jun 11 2026

    People were locked out of their password managers to stop a brute force attack, Coreutils come to Windows, a FreeBSD PR effort backfires, and the best simple consumer WiFi gear.

    Plugs

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    Why ZFS Is the Ideal Filesystem for Multi-User/Department Media Production

    Webinar: June 30th @ 11am EDT: FreeBSD After Hours AMA

    News/discussion

    Password manager Dashlane suspends customer accounts amid brute-force attacks

    Microsoft Announces Coreutils For Windows: Derived From Rust Coreutils

    Coreutils for Windows

    FreeBSD Foundation Executive Director Tries Daily Driving FreeBSD On Laptop

    Free consulting

    We were asked about the best simple consumer WiFi gear.

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    30 mins
  • 2.5 Admins 302: ClawPilot
    Jun 4 2026

    Microsoft threatens a security researcher for disclosing vulnerabilities publicly, bricks old versions of Office, and announces their version of OpenClaw. Plus keeping up with the latest technology.

    Plugs

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    Which ZFS Storage Metrics Matter for Database Performance

    Webinar: June 25th @ 11am EDT: Understanding AnyRAID with Jon from HexOS

    News/discussion

    Microsoft under fire for threatening security researcher with criminal investigation

    The researcher is a former MS employee says Krebs

    Microsoft reaches for olive branch after public dustup with 0-day researcher

    Microsoft is intentionally bricking all Office for Mac 2019/2021 installations

    Introducing Microsoft Scout: Your always-on personal agent

    Free consulting

    We were asked about keeping up with the latest technology.

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    33 mins
  • 2.5 Admins 301: F(OSS) Consulting
    May 28 2026

    It looks like Bitlocker had a back door in it, how a listener accidentally broke Gitea for users of the snap version, Google accidentally published an unpatched exploit for Chromium-based browsers, why people are starting to ditch Bitwarden, and moving a tech stack away from large corporations.

    Plugs

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    How Klara and TrueNAS fixed ZFS’s longest standing limitation

    Webinar: June 25th @ 11am EDT: Understanding AnyRAID with Jon from HexOS

    News/discussion

    YellowKey Bitlocker Bypass Vulnerability

    Microsoft shares mitigation for YellowKey Windows zero-day

    How I Broke Gitea for Everyone

    Google publishes exploit code threatening millions of Chromium users

    The Quiet Renovation at Bitwarden

    Free consulting

    We were asked about moving a tech stack away from large corporations.

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    29 mins
  • 2.5 Admins 300: IPvWot?
    May 21 2026

    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.

    Plugs

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    Tuning ZFS for Databases

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

    News/discussion

    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

    Free consulting

    We were asked about setting up an email server for internal use, and mitigating DDoS attacks without Cloudflare.

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    28 mins