My current status

[roboknight]

I was scanning through this thread -- I use Solaris and ZFS to keep our laptops and videos/pictures backed up. Currently I've got 5 disks running ZFS2, but will be adding more this year. They are 3TB disks, so SSDs are out here, but this in conjunction with Apple's Timemachine (I put the TM backup on the ZFS filesystem as I've discovered TM backups can go bad pretty easily, especially if you're not playing by Apple's rules and using WiFi). Its saved my bacon six times already at least. Granted, it isn't trivial to get started, but once you get it going, it rocks. I also use the Solaris system to host a Linux box serving movies using Plex. Works pretty well.

Anyway, if you're ever in the mood to set up a solid backup server. Seems like you've recovered most everything though.