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The problem
Trying to offload heavy read/write traffic from our file server. I also did a deep information dive to assess if we could afford enterprise level storage. That answer basically means a $42K layout at the low end and up to $70K for the high end. I've detailed the result here Enterprise Storage, lots to be gained by doing that but implementing the *Short Term* plan first as detailed on that page.
Avoiding NFS as much as possible, I'd like to set up rsyncdand use it in combination with rsnapshot generating daily, weekly. and monthly point in time snapshots of sharptail:/home to cottontail:/mnt/home/.snapshots (only accessible by root). I'll then remount on localhost read only for self-serve restore actions by users themselves.
