diff --git a/cluster/kube/k0.libsonnet b/cluster/kube/k0.libsonnet
index c2309132..6146085a 100644
--- a/cluster/kube/k0.libsonnet
+++ b/cluster/kube/k0.libsonnet
@@ -270,6 +270,16 @@ local rook = import "lib/rook.libsonnet";
                         },
                     },
                 },
+                // q3k's personal pool, used externally from k8s.
+                q3kRedundant: rook.ECBlockPool(k0.ceph.waw3, "waw-hdd-redundant-q3k-3") {
+                    metadataReplicas: 2,
+                    spec: {
+                        failureDomain: "host",
+                        replicated: {
+                          size: 2,
+                        },
+                    },
+                },
                 objectRedundant: rook.S3ObjectStore(k0.ceph.waw3, "waw-hdd-redundant-3-object") {
                     spec: {
                         metadataPool: {