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Dec 15, 2024 • 4 min read • Infrastructure & Hardware

ECC RAM: When It Matters and When It's a Waste of Money

Error-Correcting Code (ECC) RAM is often touted as essential for production servers, but the reality is more nuanced. After managing hundreds of servers, I've learned when ECC RAM actually matters and when you're just burning money on unnecessary hardware.

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Dec 14, 2024 • 4 min read • Infrastructure & Hardware

ZFS Is Amazing—Until It Isn't: Hard Truths About Storage Pools

ZFS gets a lot of hype in the storage world, and for good reason. But after years of running ZFS in production, I've learned that it's not a silver bullet. Here are the hard truths about when ZFS fails, why it fails, and what you should know before committing to it.

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