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Cortexian
July 27th, 2011, 01:03 PM
A friend of mine showed me this, we'll probably en up getting one and colocate that bitch on a fiber line when we win the lottery and roll in enough cash to afford a fiber line.


http://files.backblaze.com/blog_pics/pod20-cloud-storage-secret.jpg

It’s been over a year since Backblaze revealed the designs of our first generation (http://blog.backblaze.com/2009/09/01/petabytes-on-a-budget-how-to-build-cheap-cloud-storage/) (67 terabyte) storage pod. During that time, we’ve remained focused on our mission to provide an unlimited online backup (http://www.backblaze.com/) service for $5 per month. To maintain profitability, we continue to avoid overpriced commercial solutions, and we now build the Backblaze Storage Pod 2.0: a 135-terabyte, 4U server for $7,384. It’s double the storage and twice the performance—at lower cost than the original.

Original article:
http://blog.backblaze.com/2011/07/20/petabytes-on-a-budget-v2-0revealing-more-secrets/
PenGuin1362
July 28th, 2011, 05:24 PM
psssst, buy this, it's good for me.

http://www.equallogic.com/products/default.aspx?id=8981
MXC
July 28th, 2011, 05:24 PM
I would love to try to fill that.
Cortexian
July 28th, 2011, 05:34 PM
psssst, buy this, it's good for me.

http://www.equallogic.com/products/default.aspx?id=8981
What I linked to has a significantly better storage:cost ratio... Why would I buy that Dell 4U chassis that holds less for likely more money in the long run.
PenGuin1362
August 1st, 2011, 08:20 AM
because I want commission >_>
Guardian
August 1st, 2011, 08:39 AM
You know, all that money could get me through most of my next year of university.
2 Terabytes is plenty of space to last a year or 2, probably more.
Cortexian
August 1st, 2011, 02:37 PM
You know, all that money could get me through most of my next year of university.
2 Terabytes is plenty of space to last a year or 2, probably more.
Maybe for you.
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/5295/drivesb.jpg
Guardian
August 1st, 2011, 03:52 PM
Yeah sorry, thats what I ment :S
Limited
August 1st, 2011, 03:55 PM
He probably doesn't pirate as much as you Freelancer, thats why.
InnerGoat
August 1st, 2011, 05:02 PM
Whoa piracy?!?
king_nothing_
August 1st, 2011, 07:40 PM
Maybe for you.
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/5295/drivesb.jpg

Mine:

http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/4236/kingshdds.jpg

RAWR
Higuy
August 1st, 2011, 08:17 PM
I've been running off a 320gb hard drive for the past 3 years.
Donut
August 1st, 2011, 08:24 PM
iv been running on a 100GB hard drive for the past 4 years. i finally realized i can use the other 80gig hard drive for games and steam
Cortexian
August 1st, 2011, 11:24 PM
Mine:

http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/4236/kingshdds.jpg

RAWR
My 6 TB drive is an LSI 9260-8i running RAID-5 with four 2TB drives. Meaning I can still add 4 more to total up at 14TB.
Higuy
August 2nd, 2011, 08:28 PM
How can you guys even fill up more than 1 TB? Do you just download really big stuff and never delete it or something?
king_nothing_
August 2nd, 2011, 10:27 PM
Movies. Lots of movies.
Cortexian
August 3rd, 2011, 12:17 AM
HD Movies, TV shows, Documentaries... Pretty much anything 720p+ takes a lot of space.
InnerGoat
August 3rd, 2011, 07:46 AM
What he meant to say was Linux ISOs. Lots of them.
Cortexian
August 3rd, 2011, 09:07 AM
I meant what I said I can get all that stuff legally!!
FRain
August 3rd, 2011, 10:41 AM
Maybe for you.
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/5295/drivesb.jpg

ATTN: Freelancer stop downloading porn!
Limited
August 4th, 2011, 03:14 PM
ATTN: Freelancer stop downloading porn!
Or..share the wealth!