For vdevs in zpools, the optimal number of redundant drives can be calculated by the attached table.
Monthly Archives: January 2016
md5deep and finding duplicate files
I did this in several steps: create an md5 dump of the files system in question. For this I used my favourite command line tool `md5deep`, sort the file based on file size then md5 hash (sorted from largest to smallest), and remove entries that are not duplicate entries. Although this could be completed in …
Needle in a Haystack
Don’t lose a teeny weeny surface mount resistor on a board full of teeny weeny surface mount resistors (and other components).
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Opal Optimisation coming to an end
When the government brought in the Opal card, commuters were set to save. At least, that’s what they told us.