web01.fireside.fm Thu, 14 May 2026 05:48:11 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) BSD Now - Episodes Tagged with “Data Safety” https://www.bsdnow.tv/tags/data%20safety Thu, 02 Oct 2025 09:00:00 -0400 Created by three guys who love BSD, we cover the latest news and have an extensive series of tutorials, as well as interviews with various people from all areas of the BSD community. It also serves as a platform for support and questions. We love and advocate FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, DragonFlyBSD and TrueOS. Our show aims to be helpful and informative for new users that want to learn about them, but still be entertaining for the people who are already pros. The show airs on Wednesdays at 2:00PM (US Eastern time) and the edited version is usually up the following day. en-us episodic A weekly podcast and the place to B...SD JT Pennington Created by three guys who love BSD, we cover the latest news and have an extensive series of tutorials, as well as interviews with various people from all areas of the BSD community. It also serves as a platform for support and questions. We love and advocate FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, DragonFlyBSD and TrueOS. Our show aims to be helpful and informative for new users that want to learn about them, but still be entertaining for the people who are already pros. The show airs on Wednesdays at 2:00PM (US Eastern time) and the edited version is usually up the following day. no berkeley,freebsd,openbsd,netbsd,dragonflybsd,trueos,trident,hardenedbsd,tutorial,howto,guide,bsd,interview JT Pennington feedback@bsdnow.tv 630: Bhyve Management UI https://www.bsdnow.tv/630 95129bfb-90c7-481b-a15f-9d2af6dae342 Thu, 02 Oct 2025 09:00:00 -0400 JT Pennington full JT Pennington FreeBSD Foundation Q2 2025 Status Update, Keeping Data Safe with OpenZFS, Ollama on FreeBSD Using GPU Passthrough, ClonOS, Preliminary support for Raspberry Pi 5, Sylve: Manage bhyve VMs and Clusters on FreeBSD, Preventing Systemd DHCP RELEASE Behavior, Call for testing - Samba 4.22, and more 35:43 no <p>FreeBSD Foundation Q2 2025 Status Update, Keeping Data Safe with OpenZFS, Ollama on FreeBSD Using GPU Passthrough, ClonOS, Preliminary support for Raspberry Pi 5, Sylve: Manage bhyve VMs and Clusters on FreeBSD, Preventing Systemd DHCP RELEASE Behavior, Call for testing - Samba 4.22, and more</p> <p><strong><em>NOTES</em></strong></p> <p>This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by <a href="https://www.tarsnap.com/bsdnow" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Tarsnap</a> and the <a href="https://www.patreon.com/bsdnow" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">BSDNow Patreon</a></p> <h2>Headlines</h2> <p><a href="https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/freebsd-foundation-q2-2025-status-update" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">FreeBSD Foundation Q2 2025 Status Update</a></p> <hr> <p><a href="https://klarasystems.com/articles/keeping-data-safe-with-openzfs-security-encryption-delegation?utm_source=BSD%20Now&amp;utm_medium=Podcast" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Keeping Data Safe with OpenZFS: Security, Encryption, and Delegation</a></p> <hr> <h2>News Roundup</h2> <p><a href="https://evolving-architecture.eu/ollama-freebsd-gpu-passthrough/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Ollama on FreeBSD Using GPU Passthrough</a></p> <hr> <p><a href="https://clonos.convectix.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">ClonOS</a></p> <hr> <p><a href="http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250903064251" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Preliminary support for Raspberry Pi 5</a></p> <hr> <p><a href="https://gyptazy.com/blog/sylve-a-proxmox-alike-webui-for-bhyve-on-freebsd/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Sylve: Manage bhyve VMs and Clusters on FreeBSD<br> </a></p> <hr> <p><a href="https://blog.feld.me/posts/2025/09/systemd-networkd-dhcp-release/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Preventing Systemd DHCP RELEASE Behavior</a></p> <hr> <p><a href="https://github.com/0mp/freebsd-ports/tree/0mp/samba422" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Call for testing - Samba 4.22 in 0mp's ports tree</a></p> <hr> <h2>Tarsnap</h2> <p>This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups.</p> <h2>Feedback/Questions</h2> <p>-<a href="https://github.com/BSDNow/bsdnow.tv/blob/master/630/feedback/vincent-ollama.md" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Vincent - Ollama on FreeBSD</a></p> <hr> <ul> <li><p>Send questions, comments, show ideas/topics, or stories you want mentioned on the show to <a href="mailto:feedback@bsdnow.tv" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">feedback@bsdnow.tv</a></p></li> <li><p>Join us and other BSD Fans in our <a href="https://t.me/bsdnow" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">BSD Now Telegram channel</a></p></li> </ul> <hr> freebsd, openbsd, netbsd, dragonflybsd, trueos, hardenedbsd, tutorial, howto, guide, bsd, operating system, os, open source, foss, shell, cli, unix, tools, utility, berkeley, software, distribution, development, code, programming, release, zfs, zpool, dataset, filesystem, storage, ports, packages, jails, interview, status report, data safety, ollama, GPU Passthrough, clonos, Raspberry pi 5, rpi5, sylve, management, cluster, systemd dhcp release, samba 4.22 FreeBSD Foundation Q2 2025 Status Update, Keeping Data Safe with OpenZFS, Ollama on FreeBSD Using GPU Passthrough, ClonOS, Preliminary support for Raspberry Pi 5, Sylve: Manage bhyve VMs and Clusters on FreeBSD, Preventing Systemd DHCP RELEASE Behavior, Call for testing - Samba 4.22, and more

NOTES

This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap and the BSDNow Patreon

Headlines

FreeBSD Foundation Q2 2025 Status Update

Keeping Data Safe with OpenZFS: Security, Encryption, and Delegation

News Roundup

Ollama on FreeBSD Using GPU Passthrough

ClonOS

Preliminary support for Raspberry Pi 5

Sylve: Manage bhyve VMs and Clusters on FreeBSD

Preventing Systemd DHCP RELEASE Behavior

Call for testing - Samba 4.22 in 0mp's ports tree

Tarsnap

This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups.

Feedback/Questions

-Vincent - Ollama on FreeBSD

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NOTES

This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap and the BSDNow Patreon

Headlines

FreeBSD Foundation Q2 2025 Status Update

Keeping Data Safe with OpenZFS: Security, Encryption, and Delegation

News Roundup

Ollama on FreeBSD Using GPU Passthrough

ClonOS

Preliminary support for Raspberry Pi 5

Sylve: Manage bhyve VMs and Clusters on FreeBSD

Preventing Systemd DHCP RELEASE Behavior

Call for testing - Samba 4.22 in 0mp's ports tree

Tarsnap

This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups.

Feedback/Questions

-Vincent - Ollama on FreeBSD

]]> 631: Endorphin Rush https://www.bsdnow.tv/631 76f80a10-4420-444a-801e-d3655c962851 Thu, 25 Sep 2025 09:00:00 -0400 JT Pennington full JT Pennington Secure Boot for FreeBSD, Systems lie about their proper functioning, Teching the tech and rushing the endorphins, Passing a Device Into A FreeBSD Jail With A Stable Name, ZFS snapshots aren't as immutable as I thought, due to snapshot metadata, Let's write a peephole optimizer for QBE's arm64 backend, Migrate a Peertube instance from Debian to FreeBSD, and more 36:53 no <p>Secure Boot for FreeBSD, Systems lie about their proper functioning, Teching the tech and rushing the endorphins, Passing a Device Into A FreeBSD Jail With A Stable Name, ZFS snapshots aren't as immutable as I thought, due to snapshot metadata, Let's write a peephole optimizer for QBE's arm64 backend, Migrate a Peertube instance from Debian to FreeBSD, and more</p> <p><strong><em>NOTES</em></strong></p> <p>This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by <a href="https://www.tarsnap.com/bsdnow" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Tarsnap</a> and the <a href="https://www.patreon.com/bsdnow" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">BSDNow Patreon</a></p> <h2>Headlines</h2> <p><a href="https://forums.FreeBSD.org/threads/how-to-set-up-secure-boot-for-freebsd.99169/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Secure Boot for FreeBSD</a></p> <hr> <p><a href="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20250716-00/?p=111383" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Fundamental Failure-Mode Theorem: Systems lie about their proper functioning</a></p> <hr> <h2>News Roundup</h2> <p><a href="https://vulcanridr.mataroa.blog/blog/teching-the-tech-and-rushing-the-endorphins" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Teching the tech and rushing the endorphins</a></p> <hr> <p><a href="https://blog.feld.me/posts/2025/09/passing-device-freebsd-jail-with-stable-name/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Passing a Device Into A FreeBSD Jail With A Stable Name</a></p> <hr> <p><a href="https://utcc.utoronto.ca/%7Ecks/space/blog/solaris/ZFSSnapshotsNotFullyImmutable" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">ZFS snapshots aren't as immutable as I thought, due to snapshot metadata</a></p> <hr> <p><a href="https://briancallahan.net/blog/20250901.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Let's write a peephole optimizer for QBE's arm64 backend</a></p> <hr> <p><a href="https://www.tumfatig.net/2025/migrate-a-peertube-instance-from-debian-to-freebsd" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Migrate a Peertube instance from Debian to FreeBSD</a></p> <hr> <h2>Tarsnap</h2> <p>This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups.</p> <h2>Feedback/Questions</h2> <p>-<a href="https://github.com/BSDNow/bsdnow.tv/blob/master/631/feedback/Steve%20-%20Interviews.md" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Steve - Interviews</a></p> <hr> <ul> <li><p>Send questions, comments, show ideas/topics, or stories you want mentioned on the show to <a href="mailto:feedback@bsdnow.tv" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">feedback@bsdnow.tv</a></p></li> <li><p>Join us and other BSD Fans in our <a href="https://t.me/bsdnow" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">BSD Now Telegram channel</a></p></li> </ul> <hr> freebsd, openbsd, netbsd, dragonflybsd, trueos, hardenedbsd, tutorial, howto, guide, bsd, operating system, os, open source, foss, shell, cli, unix, tools, utility, berkeley, software, distribution, development, code, programming, release, zfs, zpool, dataset, filesystem, storage, ports, packages, jails, interview, status report, data safety, ollama, GPU Passthrough, clonos, Raspberry pi 5, rpi5, sylve, management, cluster, systemd dhcp release, samba 4.22 Secure Boot for FreeBSD, Systems lie about their proper functioning, Teching the tech and rushing the endorphins, Passing a Device Into A FreeBSD Jail With A Stable Name, ZFS snapshots aren't as immutable as I thought, due to snapshot metadata, Let's write a peephole optimizer for QBE's arm64 backend, Migrate a Peertube instance from Debian to FreeBSD, and more

NOTES

This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap and the BSDNow Patreon

Headlines

Secure Boot for FreeBSD

The Fundamental Failure-Mode Theorem: Systems lie about their proper functioning

News Roundup

Teching the tech and rushing the endorphins

Passing a Device Into A FreeBSD Jail With A Stable Name

ZFS snapshots aren't as immutable as I thought, due to snapshot metadata

Let's write a peephole optimizer for QBE's arm64 backend

Migrate a Peertube instance from Debian to FreeBSD

Tarsnap

This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups.

Feedback/Questions

-Steve - Interviews

]]> Secure Boot for FreeBSD, Systems lie about their proper functioning, Teching the tech and rushing the endorphins, Passing a Device Into A FreeBSD Jail With A Stable Name, ZFS snapshots aren't as immutable as I thought, due to snapshot metadata, Let's write a peephole optimizer for QBE's arm64 backend, Migrate a Peertube instance from Debian to FreeBSD, and more

NOTES

This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap and the BSDNow Patreon

Headlines

Secure Boot for FreeBSD

The Fundamental Failure-Mode Theorem: Systems lie about their proper functioning

News Roundup

Teching the tech and rushing the endorphins

Passing a Device Into A FreeBSD Jail With A Stable Name

ZFS snapshots aren't as immutable as I thought, due to snapshot metadata

Let's write a peephole optimizer for QBE's arm64 backend

Migrate a Peertube instance from Debian to FreeBSD

Tarsnap

This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups.

Feedback/Questions

-Steve - Interviews

]]> 354: ZFS safekeeps data https://www.bsdnow.tv/354 2b93f76f-bbea-49a0-8cf1-80c997d4510e Thu, 11 Jun 2020 07:00:00 -0400 JT Pennington full JT Pennington FreeBSD 11.4-RC 2 available, OpenBSD 6.7 on a PineBook Pro 64, How OpenZFS Keeps Your Data Safe, Bringing FreeBSD to EC2, FreeBSD 2020 Community Survey, and more. 35:07 no <p>FreeBSD 11.4-RC 2 available, OpenBSD 6.7 on a PineBook Pro 64, How OpenZFS Keeps Your Data Safe, Bringing FreeBSD to EC2, FreeBSD 2020 Community Survey, and more.</p> <p><strong><em>NOTES</em></strong><br> This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by <a href="https://www.tarsnap.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Tarsnap</a></p> <h2>Headlines</h2> <h3><a href="https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2020-May/092320.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">FreeBSD 11.4-RC2 Now Available</a></h3> <p>&gt; The second RC build of the 11.4-RELEASE release cycle is now available.</p> <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.freebsd.org/releases/11.4R/relnotes.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">11.4-RELEASE notes</a> (still in progress at the time of recording) ***</li> </ul> <h3><a href="https://xosc.org/pinebookpro.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Install OpenBSD 6.7-current on a PineBook Pro 64</a></h3> <p>&gt; This document is work in progress and I'll update the date above once I change something. If you have something to add, remarks, etc please contact me. Preferably via Mastodon but other means of communication are also fine.</p> <hr> <h2>News Roundup</h2> <h3><a href="https://www.ixsystems.com/blog/openzfs-keeps-your-data-safe/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Understanding How OpenZFS Keeps Your Data Safe</a></h3> <p>&gt; Veteran technology writer Jim Salter wrote an excellent guide on the ZFS file system’s features and performance that we absolutely had to share. There’s plenty of information in the article for ZFS newbies and advanced users alike. Be sure to check out the article over at Ars Technica to learn more about ZFS concepts including pools, vdevs, datasets, snapshots, and replication, just to name a few. </p> <hr> <h3><a href="https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/screaming-in-the-cloud/bringing-freebsd-to-ec2-with-colin-percival/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Bringing FreeBSD to ec2</a></h3> <p>&gt; Colin is the founder of Tarsnap, a secure online backup service which combines the flexibility and scriptability of the standard UNIX "tar" utility with strong encryption, deduplication, and the reliability of Amazon S3 storage. Having started work on Tarsnap in 2006, Colin is among the first generation of users of Amazon Web Services, and has written dozens of articles about his experiences with AWS on his blog.</p> <hr> <h3><a href="https://www.research.net/r/freebsd-2020-community-survey" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">FreeBSD 2020 Community Survey</a></h3> <p>&gt; The FreeBSD Core Team invites you to complete the 2020 FreeBSD Community Survey. The purpose of this survey is to collect quantitative data from the public in order to help guide the project’s priorities and efforts. This is only the second time a survey has been conducted by the FreeBSD Project and your input is valued.<br> &gt; The survey will remain open for 14 days and will close on June 16th at 17:00 UTC (Tuesday 10am PDT).</p> <hr> <h2>Beastie Bits</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.freebsdfoundation.org/blog/submit-your-freebsd-project-proposal" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">FreeBSD Project Proposals</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCknj_nW8JWcFJOAbgd5_Zgw" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">TJ Hacking</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/ScotlandOSUM/status/1265987126321188864?s=19" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Scotland Open Source podcast</a></li> <li> <a href="https://wiki.freebsd.org/OfficeHours" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Next FreeBSD Office Hours on June 24, 2020</a> ***</li> </ul> <h2>Feedback/Questions</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://github.com/BSDNow/bsdnow.tv/blob/master/episodes/354/feedback/Tom%20-%20Wriitng%20for%20LPI.md" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Tom - Writing for LPIrstudio</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/BSDNow/bsdnow.tv/blob/master/episodes/354/feedback/Luke%20-%20rstudio.md" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Luke - rstudio</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/BSDNow/bsdnow.tv/blob/master/episodes/354/feedback/Matt%20-%20Vlans%20and%20Jails.md" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Matt - Vlans and Jails</a></li> <li> <p><a href="https://github.com/BSDNow/bsdnow.tv/blob/master/episodes/354/feedback/Morgan%20-%20Can%20I%20get%20some%20commentary%20on%20this%20issue.md" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Morgan - Can I get some commentary on this issue</a></p> <hr> </li> <li> <p>Send questions, comments, show ideas/topics, or stories you want mentioned on the show to <a href="mailto:feedback@bsdnow.tv" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">feedback@bsdnow.tv</a></p> <hr> </li> </ul> freebsd, openbsd, netbsd, dragonflybsd, trueos, trident, hardenedbsd, tutorial, howto, guide, bsd, interview, pinebook, pinebook pro, pinebook pro 64, openzfs, data safety, ec2, EC2, Amazon EC2, community survey, freebsd community survey FreeBSD 11.4-RC 2 available, OpenBSD 6.7 on a PineBook Pro 64, How OpenZFS Keeps Your Data Safe, Bringing FreeBSD to EC2, FreeBSD 2020 Community Survey, and more.

NOTES
This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap

Headlines

FreeBSD 11.4-RC2 Now Available

The second RC build of the 11.4-RELEASE release cycle is now available.

Install OpenBSD 6.7-current on a PineBook Pro 64

This document is work in progress and I'll update the date above once I change something. If you have something to add, remarks, etc please contact me. Preferably via Mastodon but other means of communication are also fine.

News Roundup

Understanding How OpenZFS Keeps Your Data Safe

Veteran technology writer Jim Salter wrote an excellent guide on the ZFS file system’s features and performance that we absolutely had to share. There’s plenty of information in the article for ZFS newbies and advanced users alike. Be sure to check out the article over at Ars Technica to learn more about ZFS concepts including pools, vdevs, datasets, snapshots, and replication, just to name a few.

Bringing FreeBSD to ec2

Colin is the founder of Tarsnap, a secure online backup service which combines the flexibility and scriptability of the standard UNIX "tar" utility with strong encryption, deduplication, and the reliability of Amazon S3 storage. Having started work on Tarsnap in 2006, Colin is among the first generation of users of Amazon Web Services, and has written dozens of articles about his experiences with AWS on his blog.

FreeBSD 2020 Community Survey

The FreeBSD Core Team invites you to complete the 2020 FreeBSD Community Survey. The purpose of this survey is to collect quantitative data from the public in order to help guide the project’s priorities and efforts. This is only the second time a survey has been conducted by the FreeBSD Project and your input is valued.
The survey will remain open for 14 days and will close on June 16th at 17:00 UTC (Tuesday 10am PDT).

Beastie Bits

Feedback/Questions

Sponsored By:

]]> FreeBSD 11.4-RC 2 available, OpenBSD 6.7 on a PineBook Pro 64, How OpenZFS Keeps Your Data Safe, Bringing FreeBSD to EC2, FreeBSD 2020 Community Survey, and more.

NOTES
This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap

Headlines

FreeBSD 11.4-RC2 Now Available

The second RC build of the 11.4-RELEASE release cycle is now available.

Install OpenBSD 6.7-current on a PineBook Pro 64

This document is work in progress and I'll update the date above once I change something. If you have something to add, remarks, etc please contact me. Preferably via Mastodon but other means of communication are also fine.

News Roundup

Understanding How OpenZFS Keeps Your Data Safe

Veteran technology writer Jim Salter wrote an excellent guide on the ZFS file system’s features and performance that we absolutely had to share. There’s plenty of information in the article for ZFS newbies and advanced users alike. Be sure to check out the article over at Ars Technica to learn more about ZFS concepts including pools, vdevs, datasets, snapshots, and replication, just to name a few.

Bringing FreeBSD to ec2

Colin is the founder of Tarsnap, a secure online backup service which combines the flexibility and scriptability of the standard UNIX "tar" utility with strong encryption, deduplication, and the reliability of Amazon S3 storage. Having started work on Tarsnap in 2006, Colin is among the first generation of users of Amazon Web Services, and has written dozens of articles about his experiences with AWS on his blog.

FreeBSD 2020 Community Survey

The FreeBSD Core Team invites you to complete the 2020 FreeBSD Community Survey. The purpose of this survey is to collect quantitative data from the public in order to help guide the project’s priorities and efforts. This is only the second time a survey has been conducted by the FreeBSD Project and your input is valued.
The survey will remain open for 14 days and will close on June 16th at 17:00 UTC (Tuesday 10am PDT).

Beastie Bits

Feedback/Questions

Sponsored By:

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