This is nectar for an Infrastructure Geek like myself, being data centre-grade Storage Infrastructure, for those of us that are interested in such things!
Basically, 1 PetaByte (1000 TB) of redundant customised storage in 3/4 of a Data Centre Rack, with the rest of the rack would be needed for the gigabit switch ports & other networking requirements.
I originally posted of this in late July & I’m still very interested in this technology, its manufacture and implementation.
Some quotes then are:
“135 Terabytes for $7,384 (and you can build it)”
“The newest cabinets squeeze one petabyte into three-quarters of a single cabinet for $56,696”
“one datacenter rack containing 10 pods costs Backblaze about $2,100 per month to operate, roughly divided equally into thirds for physical space rental, bandwidth, and electricity”
Here’s another site posting about their build of a Backblaze Pod, along with some very relevant “IT Sobriety” about their functionality & utility.
http://bioteam.net/2011/08/why-you-should-never-build-a-backblaze-pod/
I totally agree with their “IT Sobriety” items, but I still very much like the hardware & infrastructure capabilities of these Backblaze Pods for low-cost high-volume storage requirements.