I can’t fathom that amount stored there in addition to the amount of data traffic occurring. Those fibers are on fire; coming in the centers in 3 foot tubes! For some reason they don’t appear on google image search. ;)

One of the largest.

My advice. Call a local electrician or small business networking company; get some quotes for what you are looking for. Have 2 cables run from the network interface box to where your router/firewall is in addition to a second location in case you ever need to expand the network setup in you home. The cost is well worth not worrying about pulling cables. Install CAT6 boxes in almost every room you foresee a cable ever being run. Good luck! I recently rewired my home with CAT6 from the fiber interface box and am now enjoying 900/850mb everywhere in my home.

Thinkpad T430, i7 gen 1,16gb home server

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Further comment: The best storage I’ve ever used is Western Digital Red or Blue hard drives installed in external cases. I’ve had 8tb in cold storage for years and they boot no problem.

Samsung 2tb external drives can be had for 80-120$ on amazon. Their X6 and X8 models are nice. The price difference is the X8 is a metal case and comes with a USB-C to USB adapter.

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