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[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 20 points 4 months ago (2 children)

And while you're at it, do they really need backups? I mean, it takes up so much space... And UPS... They need to be lifecycled so consistently, it's such a pain in the wallet.

[–] moody@lemmings.world 5 points 4 months ago

Oof ow my wallet!

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Honestly I use ZFS instead of a UPS. It is much cheaper and works just as well.

[–] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 3 points 4 months ago

At some point the number of pools will absorb the outage.