rabbit, the NAS+media server+… described in my desk setup post, has been running out of storage space. A 4TB NVMe SSD hosts the operating system and a big cache for the zfs pool, a raidz on 4×8TB of SATA SSD storage attached through the ThunderBay 4 mini.
I figure, given its growth rate keeps increasing, that I should invest in a solution that'll remain viable for many years.
So I'm adding a raidz of 8×18TB SATA HDDs to the pool, attached through the ThunderBay 8.
The difference in size between 4×2.5” and 8×3.5” is a bit more intimidating than I expected. I relocated rabbit to the corner next to my desk, freeing some space on it.
That's 126TB of usable storage added to the 24TB I already have, for a nifty total of 150TB or 136TiB.
All this to announce: time to set up good offsite backup solutions for friends and family!