I saw that as well (storagemojo blog). Looks interesting but I need to read the pdf since there are some pieces I'm missing.
Cool concept. There are some others like it as well - low performance storage but lots of capacity ("cheap and deep"). I think it can make alot of sense in my situations (just my 2 cents). Jeff ________________________________ From: Greg Lindahl <lind...@pbm.com> To: beowulf@beowulf.org Sent: Tuesday, September 1, 2009 11:35:26 AM Subject: [Beowulf] petabyte for $117k http://blog.backblaze.com/2009/09/01/petabytes-on-a-budget-how-to-build-cheap-cloud-storage/ Kinda neat -- how does the price compare to the various 48-drive systems available? -- g _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
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