When Will the Pool Be Full? — Predicting Storage Before It's Too Late
It’s Friday afternoon. A backup fails. The pool is full. Nobody saw it coming — because nobody was watching.
Sound familiar? You’re not alone. Storage capacity is one of the most predictable problems in IT infrastructure, yet backup admins are constantly surprised by it. Not because they’re careless, but because no tool shows them the trajectory.
Reactive vs. proactive
Today, most admins manage pool capacity reactively:
- Pool fills up → backup fails
- Admin notices the failure
- Admin recycles volumes, adds storage, or adjusts retention
- Repeat in 3 months
This cycle is entirely preventable — if you can see growth trends and capacity forecasts.
What you need
- Historical storage growth per pool
- Projected “full” date based on current trends
- Alerts before it’s too late
- What-if scenarios: “If I add 500 GB, how many weeks do I gain?”
Where Onesimus is headed
Onesimus Pro will show you what IS and what COULD BE: storage consumption per job and client, growth trends, capacity forecasts, and proactive alerts. See when your pool will be full before the first backup fails.
This isn’t built yet — we’re focused on making the Community edition rock-solid first. But this is the direction, and it’s driven by the same question every admin asks.
This is question 2 of 5. All 5 storage intelligence features are on the Pro and Enterprise roadmap. The Community edition is available today with a modern management interface for jobs, clients, and schedules.