# Burned by AI URL: /show/linux-unplugged/649/ > The storage apocalypse has arrived. An old friend drops by to talk survival strategies as prices explode, and we pitch our own unapologetically 90s approach to stretching storage. - Show: [LINUX Unplugged](/show/linux-unplugged/) - Episode: 649 - Date: 2026-01-11 - Hosts: brent, chris, wes - Guests: michaeltunnell - Duration: 01:15:10 - Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/f31a453c-fa15-491f-8618-3f71f1d565e5/3d7d0f9a-f4c5-4653-adbf-e7e57eb251d6.mp3 Transcripts: [text/vtt](https://feeds.jupiterbroadcasting.com/transcripts/lup/3d7d0f9a-f4c5-4653-adbf-e7e57eb251d6.vtt) [application/x-subrip](https://feeds.jupiterbroadcasting.com/transcripts/lup/3d7d0f9a-f4c5-4653-adbf-e7e57eb251d6.srt) Sponsors: - [Nebula](/sponsors/defined.net-lup/index.md): Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. 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