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The feature that caught my eye is the concept of having different targets. A fast SSD can be set as the target for foreground writes, but that data will be transparently copied in …

Synology doesn't use the btrfs raid - AIUI they layer non-raid btrfs over raid LVM

Isn't this just the same as what Apple does? Why is there outrage about one but not the other? (genuine question)

Can someone explain how this works? When the window slides, how can you remove the old byte by simply left shifting the hash? Wouldn't you need to subtract the gear table entry for…

Not what I could call 'open source'. Basic features (e.g. 'XML and JSON export') require a subscription to the 'premium' or 'enterprise' plans, even when self-hosting.

The actual problem I need solving: multiple copies of files in multiple places, older versions of documents not linked to to the latest versions, disorganized backups. Also - as a …

Having recently been tasked at work with upgrading some dependencies, I realise this is a nightmare. We have unit tests, but they are not sufficient to be confident that nothing is…

Then how do you explain this email sent by yourself? We are announcing an extended, off-peak maintenance window for your backup account. Beginning Saturday March 5th at 9:00a PT (U…

Not related to this technical note, but I was surprised to learn that the rsync service has scheduled downtime, like for hours at a time. Is it possible to make your service highly…

Tried to sign up, tells me I have an invalid postal code (I don't). Doesn't inspire confidence.

What if we're trying to correlate prices from two different financial institutions? Maybe one uses smearing and one doesn't, who knows?

If we were taking leap seconds into account, we should end up with a date/time that is not midnight. Because it does always remain midnight, it shows we are all ignoring leap secon…

I am an professional software developer, and have occasionally needed to work with dates and times, including applications that require a certain level of accuracy (e.g. processing…