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<p><a href="https://klarasystems.com/articles/cost-efficient-storage-commodity-hardware/">Reliable ZFS Storage on Commodity Hardware – A Cost-Efficient, Data-Sure Storage Solution</a></p>
<p><a href="https://klarasystems.com/webinars/fast-dedup-with-zfs-smarter-storage-for-modern-workloads/">Klara co-hosted a webinar with TrueNAS about ZFS Fast Dedup</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/06/playing-personal-game-backups-could-get-your-switch-2-banned-by-nintendo/">Switch 2 users report online console bans after running personal game “backups”</a></p>
<p><a href="https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/55888/kw/parents">Intellectual Property &amp; Piracy FAQ | Nintendo Support</a></p>
<p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250123203420/https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/55888/">archived version</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.aim.security/lp/aim-labs-echoleak-blogpost">Breaking down &#8216;EchoLeak&#8217;, the First Zero-Click AI Vulnerability Enabling Data Exfiltration from Microsoft 365 Copilot</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.xda-developers.com/why-not-to-spin-down-nas-hard-drives/">I learned the hard way to never spin down your NAS hard drives</a></p>
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2.5 Admins 253: ImpossibleFS

2.5 Admins is a podcast featuring two sysadmins called Allan Jude and Jim Salter, and a producer/editor who can just about configure a Samba share called Joe Ressington. Every week we get together, talk about recent tech news, and answer some of your admin-related questions.