This week’s goal
Make storage boring and predictable.
Storage is one of those things that feels fine until a reboot turns a folder into an empty mount point and you start bargaining with the command line.
What I actually did
I checked:
- where media lives
- where config lives
- which disks mount at boot
- what paths Jellyfin expects
- whether backups include the important parts
I also wrote down the mount points instead of relying on my traditional system of “it is somewhere under /mnt, probably”.
What broke, or nearly did
One folder looked correct but was not the mounted disk I thought it was.
That is a very specific kind of homelab betrayal: the path exists, the folder opens, and yet reality has quietly left the building.
What I’m keeping
- Clear mount points
- Written storage notes
- Media paths separate from config paths
- Fewer mystery folders
SmallGrid takeaway
A tidy storage layout saves future panic. You do not need enterprise storage design; you need to know what is mounted, where it lives, and what happens after a reboot.