File Stubs
Storage2026-03-01
File Stubs: What are they and why do we use them

File Stubs provide info about the file but are not the file, we put that part somewhere else.

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LTO Tape
Tape2026-04-08
LTO Tape in 2026: Still the Cheapest Byte You Can Buy

A cost-per-gigabyte breakdown comparing LTO-9 and cloud storage.

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fanotify
Rust2026-05-15
fanotify and User-Space Daemons

A deep look at how Linux's fanotify API makes this possible.

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Cloud
Storage2026-03-01
Using Cloud for Archive

The Cloud is just one big cartrige. This is how we get the most out of every MB and minimize cost in the cloud.

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TLV
Software2026-04-20
Get some Data Context

Files are easy to find if we make some solid tags. This is how we do it.

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SMR Drives
Hardware2026-04-26
Stop Murdering your SMR drives!

SMR drives can save money and power if you treat them right.

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Catalog
Storage2026-06-01
The Catalog is the ground source truth

The file system no longer provides the location of your files.

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Catalog
Storage2026-06-03
Tuning the Config for deployment

Moving from a testing environment to deployment means tuning up the configuration file to get the most out of your set up.

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Catalog
Storage2026-06-01
Archive, Backup, What is the difference anyway?

There is a difference! You can archive your backup and you can backup your archive, but there are a lot of things that separate the two.

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Catalog
Storage2026-06-08
File systems all come with some weakness, what is yours? How do we fix it?

Weather it is lots of small files, writing super big files, maxing capacity, giant unserchable directiories, this is how we address problems file systems have.

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TLV
Software2026-06-15
Stubs still require some space right?

Metadata isn't nothing and when you get to one million files of metadata, your file system will still battle with the large amount of files. How do we overcome this ?

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TLV
Hardware2026-06-22
Spinning Your Drives for Cold Bits?

CMR drives, there is some room for improvement.

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TLV
Software2026-07-1
Ransomware Hit! Now What?

HuskHoard tells you what your data looked like at the exact moment before the first file was touched.

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TLV
Finance2026-07-8
Tape or SMR?

The Real 2026 Cost Math for Cold Archive

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