#data-redundancy
8 episodes
#3033: 3,000 Episodes, 3 Copies: Is This Backup Setup Enough?
Three copies, two clouds, one NAS. But is this setup truly protecting 3,000 podcast episodes?
#3024: How to Incrementally Back Up Google Photos to Your NAS
Build a quarterly backup pipeline for Google Photos using the Library API, hash deduplication, and your NAS.
#2694: When AI Agents Write Your Backup Scripts
Borg, Restic, and Kopia compared for whole-server incremental backups on Ubuntu Docker hosts.
#1931: Where Your AI Pipeline Actually Dies
Why do AI pipelines crash? It’s not the models—it’s the plumbing. We break down how to manage data between stages.
#1925: The Plumbing That Keeps Science From Collapsing
Half of all links in academic papers are dead. Here’s the plumbing that keeps knowledge from vanishing.
#636: The Hidden Costs of Ultimate Redundancy
Can a decentralized network replace Amazon and Google? Herman and Corn dive into IPFS, content-addressing, and the risks of "forever" data.
#410: Redundancy Is Not a Backup
When a 7-year-old server dies, the recovery is a wake-up call. Discover why RAID isn't a backup and how to build a resilient "Server V2."
#205: The Rebuild Nightmare: Why 30TB Drives Break RAID
Herman and Corn dive into the history and math of RAID, exploring why 30TB drives make classic setups like RAID 5 more dangerous than ever.