About this episode
This episode discusses various storage technologies and their reliability mechanisms.
In this episode, we’ll talk about the differences between hard drives, SSDs, and NVMe storage, and how technologies like RAID and file systems keep information reliable. We’ll also discuss different file system types and full disk encryption. Become a Member https://members.sideofburritos.com Don't just host your podcast, own it 🟡 Yellowball is a podcast hosting service I built to give podcasters more control and less nonsense. Whether you’re starting fresh, moving your show over, or just curious, check it out at https://yellowball.fm . References https://www.corsair.com/us/en/explorer/diy-builder/storage/raid-0-raid-1-and-raid-5-explained/ https://klarasystems.com/articles/openzfs-understanding-zfs-vdev-types/ https://www.open-e.com/blog/introduction-to-zfs/ https://www.kingston.com/en/blog/personal-storage/understanding-file-systems https://freebsdfoundation.org/resource/an-introduction-to-the-z-file-system/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_RAID_levels
People in this episode
Host: Josh
Topics covered
- storage technology
- hard drives
- SSDs
- NVMe
- RAID
- file systems
- encryption
Keywords
- hard drives
- SSDs
- NVMe
- RAID
- file systems
- encryption
- storage technology
Sponsors
Yellowball
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Corsair, Klara Systems, Open-E, Kingston, FreeBSD Foundation, Wikipedia
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