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2.5 Admins 299: RMAggravation

May 14, 2026 · 28 min

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People trying to return defective hard drives and RAM are finding out why consumer protection laws would be good, GoDaddy accidentally gave someone’s domain name away, and when and how to fix ZFS fragmentation.

 

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Fast Dedup Economics: When Deduplication Beats Buying New Disks

 

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Toshiba refuses to replace large hard drive that was under warranty — company offers refund at the purchase price, not the higher current retail price

GoDaddy Gave a Domain to a Stranger Without Any Documentation

 

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