I know I am a geek but that is hot. I am wondering if they see any throughput issues with the sata backplanes and pci sata cards.
On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 10:55 PM, Phil Scarratt <f...@draxsen.com> wrote: > Thought people might find this interesting. It doesn't get to the cloud > bit, but describes the building block they use. > > > Petabytes on a budget: > How to build cheap cloud storage > > > 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. > > -- > Phil Scarratt > Draxsen Technologies > m: 0403 531 271 > -- > The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will > insist on coming along and trying to put things in it. > - Terry Pratchett > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
