2.5 Admins 313: Cooking with NVMe
Summary
The hosts discuss Alan’s FreeBSD support cases, Microsoft’s efforts to optimize Windows 11 for 8GB RAM amid rising memory costs, and insights from the Future of Memory and Storage conference on NVMe cooling and power efficiency. They also debate TP-Link Omada versus Ubiquiti networking gear, highlighting Omada’s superior local control, hardware reliability, and interoperability compared to Ubiquiti’s cloud-dependent ecosystem.
Topics discussed
Intro and Alan's FreeBSD support stories
Windows 11 RAM requirements and bloat
Liquid cooling challenges for NVMe drives
PCIe Gen 7 power limits and NVMe 2.4 specs
Future of SSDs vs Hard Drives and pricing
Sponsor break and listener question intro
TP-Link Omada vs Ubiquiti: Technical advantages
The dangers of cloud-dependent network gear
Omada hardware controllers and reliability
Ubiquiti lock-in, standalone modes, and outro
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