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During the migration of a RAID1 mdadm on Ubuntu server to a ZFS mirror, I got stuck at the initial zfs volume creation with the following error:

cannot create 'tank': one or more vdevs refer to the same device, or one of the devices is part of an active md or lvm device

Obviously I've removed the device from the old mdadm array with:
sudo mdadm /dev/md3 --set-faulty /dev/sdb3
sudo mdadm /dev/md3 --remove /dev/sdb3

This year I've joined the LinuxDay of Pisa with a talk about my recent works in LiberSoft to the BNCF.

These includes:
* Desktop migration to Ubuntu Linux (10.04 LTS) with centralized login management (OpenLDAP) and shared /home with MooseFS;
* OpenNebula KVM-based Cloud with MooseFS as backend storage (and publishing of the relative transfer manager: https://github.com/libersoft/opennebula-tm-moosefs);
* GlusterFS-based infrastructure for the national italian legal deposit of books (italian article: http://www.bncf.firenze.sbn.it/pagina.php?id=212&rigamenu=Magazzini%20Di...)

SMART error (ErrorCount) detected on host: fs
Device: /dev/sdb, ATA error count increased from 0 to 74

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family: Seagate Barracuda 7200.11
Device Model: ST3500320AS
[..]
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 070 070 000 Old_age Always - 26286

OH wait: 26286 / 24 / 365 = 3,00068493 yr

This disk broke exactly after 3 years. WTF?

The internet nowadays isn't a privilege, is a right. Helping the world to get full access to it, it's a must for everyone.

If you own a server, a dedicated one or a VPS (like me, on Linode) you can use your spare bandwidth to help people that live in places where internet censorship it's the standard way to deal with information.

I've setup a tor relay to help the community to maintain a fast and stable link for tor users. To get minimal harassment, that I really don't have time to deal with, I allow no exit from my node, the tor traffic will pass on my node from a node to another one.