#zfs

As I've mentioned before, I run a Proxmox VM server at home. It's a fun insanely-overpowered bit of hardware I've cobbled together over the years from what I had on hand or could get for as close to nothing as I could.

One foreseeable problem with the setup is I initially set it up with cheap consumer SSDs for boot drives. Proxmox is very heavy-handed with SSDs and I've been watching the wearout on one of the drives steadily tick higher.

Well the day finally came. I woke up to an email from the server informing me of a SMART error on one disk: wearout had hit 101%. Definitely time for replacement before things go south.

Luckily I had been procrastinating was prepared for this event and had new SSDs on-hand to swap in.

The ZFS file system is known for its robustness, scalability, and advanced data integrity features. Originally developed by Sun Microsystems, ZFS (Zettabyte File System) has grown in popularity due to its powerful features like data compression, snapshotting, and self-healing capabilities, making it a favorite among system administrators for managing large amounts of data.

In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explore the unique features of ZFS, how it compares to other file systems, and guide you through setting it up on a Linux system. By the end of this article, you’ll understand why ZFS is a top choice for enterprises, personal storage, and cloud environments alike. Read More:

James:

Snaps his fingers when he speaks

Morning person

The arsehole who pulls the blankets off u

Sirius tried to murder him when he did this

Sings opera in the shower

Can yodel really well

Gets high off sugar

Was recruited to the Slug Club after spotting the Snitch in first year before the Seeker

Can pull off Chaser and Seeker

Wanted to leave Hogwarts when he found out firsties couldn't play

Has a lot of biscuits, courtesy of Minerva McGonagall

Has an ongoing prank war with Lily

Invented pumpkin bombs in Third Year

Really gets on well with Madam Rosmerta

Peter Pettigrew:

Has so many beanies

Makes a lot of cat puns behind McGonagall’s back

Really struggles with lessons

Secretly really talented at art

Myrtle once asked him out

They went out for a month

Until she kept popping up when he used the toilet

Really close with the Kitchen Elves

Does a conspiracy column in the “Hogwarts Times” with Xenophilius Lovegood

Great to confide in

Plans cover stories in his head before the prank is actually carried out

Always has a good alibi

Likes spiders for some reason

The shortest Marauder

Really good at Divination

Predicted a lot of the stuff that broke the Marauders up

Nobody listened to him

Remus Lupin:

Talks about “the universe” a lot when he’s drunk

And gives passionate speeches on philosophy and theology

Which he doesn’t know anything about

Has lots of deep conversations late at night when he should be asleep and his eyes are falling shut

Everyone thinks he’s stoned a lot of the time

Freckles and acne scars

Has anxiety

Withdraws from his friends once in a while cos “they’re all going to leave anyway”

It takes a while to convince him that they’re there for him

Swears way too much

Spread the rumour that Snape was a vampire in the Illuminati

Half the school believed it at some point

The Marauders went around wearing garlic earrings and necklaces for three weeks

Sooooo sarcastic

Wears Sirius’ leather jacket over his sweaters

Doesn’t turn in his homework in on time

The worst prefect ever

Went to a Halloween party as himself because “I’m the biggest monster here”

Sirius Black Lupin:

Calls McGonagall “Professor Toebeans” because “if I’m Padfoot, then why shouldn’t I?”

Has a long list of pet names for “Minnie McG”

Spent two years learning how to tip his chair

Fell on his arse a lot

Spent a week in St. Mungo’s after drinking nearly two gallons of Firewhisky on a dare

It took ages for him to stop saying Mudblood entirely although he knew it was wrong

Hates himself for still having thoughts about blood purity

Sometimes James’ cloak, Remus, and Sirius go inexplicably missing for long periods of time

They come up with the most bullshit excuses

“We were taking the cloak for a walk”

“It wanted to see the Squid”

Found out what a motorbike was in Muggle Studies

The Order t-shirts were his idea

Ocassionally rages about his mother

Started a new house with Barbarossa Brocklewank as its founder

Took Divination for a laugh

Told the Professor she was in for “a minty morning” when he read his tea leaves

Didn’t notice the shackles at the bottom of the cup

FreeBSD 13 is here: more power, better tools – and lots of WireGuard drama

For FreeBSD standards, the new 13.0 release is a mighty step forward. In addition to the work of many freelance developers, small and large companies have also released their own employees for programming projects and improvements relating to FreeBSD. In addition, some developers have been sponsored for specific tasks by companies or through the FreeBSD Foundation. But not only behind the scenes…

Testing snapshots in Apple’s next-gen APFS file system

“Back in June, Apple announced its new upcoming file system: APFS, or Apple File System,” Adam H. Leventhal reports for Ars Technica. “I myself badge-swapped my way into the [WWDC] conference just to get that first glimpse of Apple’s first original filesystem in the 30+ years since HFS.”

“Apple’s presentation didn’t disappoint the hungry crowd. We hoped for a modern filesystem,…

Hufflepuff: Bees buzzing past the window on a hot afternoon, a record buzzing quietly in a sunny room, humming under your breath, hugging friends in corridors, the feeling of a plane landing in your home country, taking polaroids of random things, walking through the woods alone in autumn and feeling the silence, leaving footprints on wet sand, sunsets over the ocean, fireflies in the woods at night, clear blue skies after a long winter

Gryffindor: Doing crazy things on dares, hangovers and regrets after a drunken night out, screaming the lyrics to songs until your throat hurts, heat shimmering over a campfire in the woods, burning your tongue with hot chocolate, smoking a cigarette for the first time, inside jokes, laughing until your sides ache, lying on the grass at night and naming the stars, bantering insults, warming your hands after playing in cold snow, tapping someone’s shoulder and running away, looking back at old videos of good times with best friends

Ravenclaw: Going for walks in the early morning before the sun rises, frost on holly bushes, exhaling steam in the cold air, watching the rain make ripples in ponds, wet grass, silence in between the bookshelves, forgotten secrets, going to the library and losing track of time, dust motes floating in a sunny room, making swirls in milky coffee, tired eyes, standing under old fashioned street lamps at night, driving through mist on a forest road and nothing feels real