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4 episodes

The Rabbit in the Backyard: Decoding Airport Lighting

Discover the hidden engineering behind airport approach lights, from the "rabbit" flashers to the towers standing in suburban backyards.

aviation-infrastructurefault-tolerancesensory-processing
21:44

RAID is Not a Backup: Mastering Home Server Resilience

Why RAID isn’t enough and how snapshots act as a digital time machine for your home server’s survival.

fault-tolerancedata-integritybackup-strategies
26:36

RAID Demystified: Speed, Safety, and Data Survival

Learn the math behind RAID levels, the risks of drive rebuilds, and why ZFS is the modern gold standard for data integrity.

data-storagefault-tolerancedata-integrity
23:06

The Unkillable Workstation: Building for Total Redundancy

Can you build a PC that never dies? Herman and Corn explore redundant power, memory mirroring, and high-availability clusters for home servers.

hardware-redundancyfault-tolerancedata-integrity
19:26