ZFS versus RAID: Eight Ironwolf disks, two filesystems, one winner

This has been a long while in the making—it’s test results time. To truly understand the fundamentals of computer storage, it’s important to explore the impact of various conventional RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks) topologies on performance. It’s also important to understand what ZFS is and how it works. But at some point, people (particularly computer enthusiasts on the Internet) want numbers.

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Cheap PCB Assembly from China [Test & Tutorial]

This video shows how to use JLCPCB’s cheap assembly service.
Sponsor: $2 for 5 PCBs (Any Color): https://jlcpcb.com

Since I’m developing boards on a weekly basis I had to test JLC’s new service and show how to easily use it with EasyEDA online design tool. The results are surprising and you can get off really cheap using basic components. I hope this quick tutorial will help to handle the limitations and get you first assembled boards from china really cheap.