Suck it NetApp, EMC, and Amazon

[fly]

http://blog.backblaze.com/2009/09/01/petabytes-on-a-budget-how-to-build-cheap-cloud-storage/

At Backblaze, we provide unlimited storage to our customers for only $5 per month, so we had to figure out how to store hundreds of petabytes of customer data in a reliable, scalable way—and keep our costs low. After looking at several overpriced commercial solutions, we decided to build our own custom Backblaze Storage Pods: 67 terabyte 4U servers for $7,867.

Damn I need one of these at home.

 

[Dory Berkowitz-Bukowski]

Nice.

 

[shawndavid]

petabytes

A new snack for the animal activist on the go!

 

[Jonny_B]

woah, pretty cool.

 

[Josh]

I bet those harddrives get really fucking warm. Good luck replacing them every 3 months after they fail due to heat.
nice of them to share the information though.

 

[Coqui]

Oh you done did it now. Floptical's coming after you.

 

[snoogit]

I bet those harddrives get really fucking warm. Good luck replacing them every 3 months after they fail due to heat.
nice of them to share the information though.

looks like they keep the top off, so it could be as easy as pulling a drive and popping in a new one

 

[Josh]

looks like they keep the top off, so it could be as easy as pulling a drive and popping in a new one

3d model and the pic of the dude racking the server shows it has a lid. and they mentioned using foam to dampen vibration. I think vibration would be of a lesser concern, and more concerned about heat.

 

[JAXvillain]

the entire back of the case is fans...combined with a cold room I'm sure they last ok

 

[fly]

I bet those harddrives get really fucking warm. Good luck replacing them every 3 months after they fail due to heat.
nice of them to share the information though.

That's what I thought too, but it certainly must work with a pretty decent MTTF or they wouldn't do it...

 

[Sarcasmo]

The year 2120 called. They're laughing at this thread.

 

[JAXvillain]

The year 2120 called. They're laughing at this thread.

shit, even 2020 is laughing...they'll have like 100 exabytes on a micro sd card

 

[Shalimar]

maybe tre could heat his house with it?

 

[Duke]

It will all be active photon memory based on a cyclic laser storage system. No physical storage media employed.

 

[Sarcasmo]

I hope no one flips THAT light switch.

 

[Duke]

I hope no one flips THAT light switch.

Yes, but imagine... yottabyte storage devices

 

[fly]

or thornbytes, for micro storage...

 

[Floptical]

There is a big difference between basic flat file storage and high end block level storage. If you want basic file storage for your users sure this is great but anything beyond that and you're SOL. Over 90% of the customer I deal with actual user level file storage is maybe 2% of their overall capacity.

 

[Valve1138]

They use cheap ass SATA controllers and SATA port multipliers.

 

[Floptical]

Plus this is a BS SATA device. All the price comparison's they are using for the other companies are all Fiber Channel.