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    <title>TechSNAP - Episodes Tagged with “Raidz”</title>
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    <description>Systems, Network, and Administration Podcast. Every two weeks TechSNAP covers the stories that impact those of us in the tech industry, and all of us that follow it. Every episode we dedicate a portion of the show to answer audience questions, discuss best practices, and solving your problems.
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    <itunes:summary>Systems, Network, and Administration Podcast. Every two weeks TechSNAP covers the stories that impact those of us in the tech industry, and all of us that follow it. Every episode we dedicate a portion of the show to answer audience questions, discuss best practices, and solving your problems.
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  <title>430: All Good Things</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>It's a storage showdown as Jim and Wes bust some performance myths about RAID and ZFS.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>It's a storage showdown as Jim and Wes bust some performance myths about RAID and ZFS.
Plus our favorite features from Fedora 32, and why Wes loves DNF. 
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    <![CDATA[<p>It&#39;s a storage showdown as Jim and Wes bust some performance myths about RAID and ZFS.</p>

<p>Plus our favorite features from Fedora 32, and why Wes loves DNF.</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="What&#39;s new in Fedora 32 Workstation" rel="nofollow" href="https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-fedora-32-workstation/">What's new in Fedora 32 Workstation</a></li><li><a title="Fedora 32 ChangeSet" rel="nofollow" href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/32/ChangeSet">Fedora 32 ChangeSet</a></li><li><a title="Linux distro review: Fedora Workstation 32" rel="nofollow" href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/05/linux-distro-review-fedora-workstation-32/">Linux distro review: Fedora Workstation 32</a></li><li><a title="TechSNAP 428: RAID Reality Check" rel="nofollow" href="https://techsnap.systems/428">TechSNAP 428: RAID Reality Check</a></li><li><a title="ZFS versus RAID: Eight Ironwolf disks, two filesystems, one winner" rel="nofollow" href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/05/zfs-versus-raid-eight-ironwolf-disks-two-filesystems-one-winner/">ZFS versus RAID: Eight Ironwolf disks, two filesystems, one winner</a></li><li><a title="Understanding RAID: How performance scales from one disk to eight" rel="nofollow" href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/04/understanding-raid-how-performance-scales-from-one-disk-to-eight/">Understanding RAID: How performance scales from one disk to eight</a></li><li><a title="Find Jim on 2.5 Admins" rel="nofollow" href="https://2.5admins.com/">Find Jim on 2.5 Admins</a></li><li><a title="Find Wes on LINUX Unplugged" rel="nofollow" href="https://linuxunplugged.com/">Find Wes on LINUX Unplugged</a></li><li><a title="TechSNAP 1: First episode of TechSNAP (in 2011!)" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7La9Z-XrCE">TechSNAP 1: First episode of TechSNAP (in 2011!)</a></li><li><a title="TechSNAP 300: End of the Allan and Chris era (2017)" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/106026/2089-days-uptime-techsnap-300/">TechSNAP 300: End of the Allan and Chris era (2017)</a></li><li><a title="TechSNAP 301: Enter Dan and Wes " rel="nofollow" href="https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/106086/the-next-generation-techsnap-301/">TechSNAP 301: Enter Dan and Wes </a></li><li><a title="TechSNAP 347: A Farewell to Dan" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/120317/a-farewell-to-dan-techsnap-347/">TechSNAP 347: A Farewell to Dan</a></li><li><a title="TechSNAP 348: Chris is back!" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/120687/server-neglect-techsnap-348/">TechSNAP 348: Chris is back!</a></li><li><a title="TechSNAP 389: Jim&#39;s first time as a guest" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/128101/the-future-of-http-techsnap-389/">TechSNAP 389: Jim's first time as a guest</a></li><li><a title="TechSNAP 390: Jim&#39;s second guest appearance" rel="nofollow" href="https://techsnap.systems/390">TechSNAP 390: Jim's second guest appearance</a></li><li><a title="TechSNAP 393: Chris says goodbye" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/128656/back-to-our-roots-techsnap-393/">TechSNAP 393: Chris says goodbye</a></li><li><a title="TechSNAP 395: Jim joins the show" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/128941/the-acme-era-techsnap-395/">TechSNAP 395: Jim joins the show</a></li></ul>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>It&#39;s a storage showdown as Jim and Wes bust some performance myths about RAID and ZFS.</p>

<p>Plus our favorite features from Fedora 32, and why Wes loves DNF.</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="What&#39;s new in Fedora 32 Workstation" rel="nofollow" href="https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-fedora-32-workstation/">What's new in Fedora 32 Workstation</a></li><li><a title="Fedora 32 ChangeSet" rel="nofollow" href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/32/ChangeSet">Fedora 32 ChangeSet</a></li><li><a title="Linux distro review: Fedora Workstation 32" rel="nofollow" href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/05/linux-distro-review-fedora-workstation-32/">Linux distro review: Fedora Workstation 32</a></li><li><a title="TechSNAP 428: RAID Reality Check" rel="nofollow" href="https://techsnap.systems/428">TechSNAP 428: RAID Reality Check</a></li><li><a title="ZFS versus RAID: Eight Ironwolf disks, two filesystems, one winner" rel="nofollow" href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/05/zfs-versus-raid-eight-ironwolf-disks-two-filesystems-one-winner/">ZFS versus RAID: Eight Ironwolf disks, two filesystems, one winner</a></li><li><a title="Understanding RAID: How performance scales from one disk to eight" rel="nofollow" href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/04/understanding-raid-how-performance-scales-from-one-disk-to-eight/">Understanding RAID: How performance scales from one disk to eight</a></li><li><a title="Find Jim on 2.5 Admins" rel="nofollow" href="https://2.5admins.com/">Find Jim on 2.5 Admins</a></li><li><a title="Find Wes on LINUX Unplugged" rel="nofollow" href="https://linuxunplugged.com/">Find Wes on LINUX Unplugged</a></li><li><a title="TechSNAP 1: First episode of TechSNAP (in 2011!)" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7La9Z-XrCE">TechSNAP 1: First episode of TechSNAP (in 2011!)</a></li><li><a title="TechSNAP 300: End of the Allan and Chris era (2017)" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/106026/2089-days-uptime-techsnap-300/">TechSNAP 300: End of the Allan and Chris era (2017)</a></li><li><a title="TechSNAP 301: Enter Dan and Wes " rel="nofollow" href="https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/106086/the-next-generation-techsnap-301/">TechSNAP 301: Enter Dan and Wes </a></li><li><a title="TechSNAP 347: A Farewell to Dan" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/120317/a-farewell-to-dan-techsnap-347/">TechSNAP 347: A Farewell to Dan</a></li><li><a title="TechSNAP 348: Chris is back!" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/120687/server-neglect-techsnap-348/">TechSNAP 348: Chris is back!</a></li><li><a title="TechSNAP 389: Jim&#39;s first time as a guest" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/128101/the-future-of-http-techsnap-389/">TechSNAP 389: Jim's first time as a guest</a></li><li><a title="TechSNAP 390: Jim&#39;s second guest appearance" rel="nofollow" href="https://techsnap.systems/390">TechSNAP 390: Jim's second guest appearance</a></li><li><a title="TechSNAP 393: Chris says goodbye" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/128656/back-to-our-roots-techsnap-393/">TechSNAP 393: Chris says goodbye</a></li><li><a title="TechSNAP 395: Jim joins the show" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/128941/the-acme-era-techsnap-395/">TechSNAP 395: Jim joins the show</a></li></ul>]]>
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  <title>428: RAID Reality Check</title>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2020 00:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Jupiter Broadcasting</author>
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  <itunes:subtitle>We dive deep into the world of  RAID, and discuss how to choose the right topology to optimize performance and resilience.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>36:00</itunes:duration>
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  <description>We dive deep into the world of  RAID, and discuss how to choose the right topology to optimize performance and resilience.
Plus Cloudflare steps up its campaign to secure BGP, and why you might want to trade in cron for systemd timers. 
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    <![CDATA[<p>We dive deep into the world of  RAID, and discuss how to choose the right topology to optimize performance and resilience.</p>

<p>Plus Cloudflare steps up its campaign to secure BGP, and why you might want to trade in cron for systemd timers.</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="AMD Claims World’s Fastest Per-Core Performance with New EPYC Rome 7Fx2 CPUs" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-worlds-fastest-processor-epyc-rome-7fx2-cpus">AMD Claims World’s Fastest Per-Core Performance with New EPYC Rome 7Fx2 CPUs</a></li><li><a title="AMD EPYC 7F52 Linux Performance - AMD 7FX2 CPUs Further Increasing The Fight Against Intel Xeon Review" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&amp;item=amd-epyc-7f52&amp;num=1">AMD EPYC 7F52 Linux Performance - AMD 7FX2 CPUs Further Increasing The Fight Against Intel Xeon Review</a></li><li><a title="Understanding RAID: How performance scales from one disk to eight" rel="nofollow" href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/04/understanding-raid-how-performance-scales-from-one-disk-to-eight/">Understanding RAID: How performance scales from one disk to eight</a></li><li><a title="New Cloudflare tool can tell you if your ISP has deployed BGP fixes" rel="nofollow" href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/04/new-cloudflare-tool-can-tell-you-if-your-isp-has-deployed-bgp-fixes/">New Cloudflare tool can tell you if your ISP has deployed BGP fixes</a></li><li><a title="Is BGP safe yet?" rel="nofollow" href="https://isbgpsafeyet.com/">Is BGP safe yet?</a></li><li><a title="RPKI - The required cryptographic upgrade to BGP routing" rel="nofollow" href="https://blog.cloudflare.com/rpki/">RPKI - The required cryptographic upgrade to BGP routing</a></li><li><a title="Why I Prefer systemd Timers Over Cron – Thomas Stringer" rel="nofollow" href="https://trstringer.com/systemd-timer-vs-cronjob/">Why I Prefer systemd Timers Over Cron – Thomas Stringer</a></li><li><a title="systemd/Timers - ArchWiki" rel="nofollow" href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd/Timers">systemd/Timers - ArchWiki</a></li><li><a title="systemd.time (Time format docs)" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.time.html">systemd.time (Time format docs)</a></li><li><a title="systemd.timer (Unit docs)" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.timer.html">systemd.timer (Unit docs)</a></li></ul>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>We dive deep into the world of  RAID, and discuss how to choose the right topology to optimize performance and resilience.</p>

<p>Plus Cloudflare steps up its campaign to secure BGP, and why you might want to trade in cron for systemd timers.</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="AMD Claims World’s Fastest Per-Core Performance with New EPYC Rome 7Fx2 CPUs" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-worlds-fastest-processor-epyc-rome-7fx2-cpus">AMD Claims World’s Fastest Per-Core Performance with New EPYC Rome 7Fx2 CPUs</a></li><li><a title="AMD EPYC 7F52 Linux Performance - AMD 7FX2 CPUs Further Increasing The Fight Against Intel Xeon Review" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&amp;item=amd-epyc-7f52&amp;num=1">AMD EPYC 7F52 Linux Performance - AMD 7FX2 CPUs Further Increasing The Fight Against Intel Xeon Review</a></li><li><a title="Understanding RAID: How performance scales from one disk to eight" rel="nofollow" href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/04/understanding-raid-how-performance-scales-from-one-disk-to-eight/">Understanding RAID: How performance scales from one disk to eight</a></li><li><a title="New Cloudflare tool can tell you if your ISP has deployed BGP fixes" rel="nofollow" href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/04/new-cloudflare-tool-can-tell-you-if-your-isp-has-deployed-bgp-fixes/">New Cloudflare tool can tell you if your ISP has deployed BGP fixes</a></li><li><a title="Is BGP safe yet?" rel="nofollow" href="https://isbgpsafeyet.com/">Is BGP safe yet?</a></li><li><a title="RPKI - The required cryptographic upgrade to BGP routing" rel="nofollow" href="https://blog.cloudflare.com/rpki/">RPKI - The required cryptographic upgrade to BGP routing</a></li><li><a title="Why I Prefer systemd Timers Over Cron – Thomas Stringer" rel="nofollow" href="https://trstringer.com/systemd-timer-vs-cronjob/">Why I Prefer systemd Timers Over Cron – Thomas Stringer</a></li><li><a title="systemd/Timers - ArchWiki" rel="nofollow" href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd/Timers">systemd/Timers - ArchWiki</a></li><li><a title="systemd.time (Time format docs)" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.time.html">systemd.time (Time format docs)</a></li><li><a title="systemd.timer (Unit docs)" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.timer.html">systemd.timer (Unit docs)</a></li></ul>]]>
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  <title>401: Everyday ZFS</title>
  <link>https://techsnap.systems/401</link>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2019 22:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Jupiter Broadcasting</author>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Jim and Wes sit down to bust some ZFS myths and share their tips and tricks for getting the most out of the ultimate filesystem.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>47:35</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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  <description>Jim and Wes sit down to bust some ZFS myths and share their tips and tricks for getting the most out of the ultimate filesystem.
Plus when not to use ZFS, the surprising way your disks are lying to you, and more! 
</description>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Jim and Wes sit down to bust some ZFS myths and share their tips and tricks for getting the most out of the ultimate filesystem.</p>

<p>Plus when not to use ZFS, the surprising way your disks are lying to you, and more!</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="ZFS - Ubuntu Wiki" rel="nofollow" href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZFS">ZFS - Ubuntu Wiki</a> &mdash; ZFS is a combined file system and logical volume manager designed and implemented by a team at Sun Microsystems led by Jeff Bonwick and Matthew Ahrens.</li><li><a title="Performance tuning - OpenZFS" rel="nofollow" href="http://open-zfs.org/wiki/Performance_tuning#Alignment_shift">Performance tuning - OpenZFS</a> &mdash; Make sure that you create your pools such that the vdevs have the correct alignment shift for your storage device's size. if dealing with flash media, this is going to be either 12 (4K sectors) or 13 (8K sectors).</li></ul>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Jim and Wes sit down to bust some ZFS myths and share their tips and tricks for getting the most out of the ultimate filesystem.</p>

<p>Plus when not to use ZFS, the surprising way your disks are lying to you, and more!</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="ZFS - Ubuntu Wiki" rel="nofollow" href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZFS">ZFS - Ubuntu Wiki</a> &mdash; ZFS is a combined file system and logical volume manager designed and implemented by a team at Sun Microsystems led by Jeff Bonwick and Matthew Ahrens.</li><li><a title="Performance tuning - OpenZFS" rel="nofollow" href="http://open-zfs.org/wiki/Performance_tuning#Alignment_shift">Performance tuning - OpenZFS</a> &mdash; Make sure that you create your pools such that the vdevs have the correct alignment shift for your storage device's size. if dealing with flash media, this is going to be either 12 (4K sectors) or 13 (8K sectors).</li></ul>]]>
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