2.5 Admins 270: Storage Shortage
2.5 Admins 270: Storage Shortage  
Podcast: 2.5 Admins
Published On: Thu Oct 23 2025
Description: It looks like the storage companies aren’t betting on the AI bubble lasting much longer, the arguments against self-hosting, and setting up a server for virtualization and containers.   Plugs Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes ZFS Performance Tuning in the Real World: ARC, L2ARC, and SLOG   Discussion Expect HDD, SSD shortages as AI rewrites the rules of storage hierarchy — multiple companies announce price hikes, too The Future is NOT Self-Hosted   Free consulting We were asked about setting up a server for virtualization and containers.           See our contact page for ways to get in touch.