SoftDux Technical Blog » cheap http://blog.softdux.com Software, Linux & Networking Blog & HOWTOs, Web Development Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:23:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 How to build cheap cloud storage http://blog.softdux.com/general/how-to-build-cheap-cloud-storage http://blog.softdux.com/general/how-to-build-cheap-cloud-storage#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:01:48 +0000 Rudi http://blog.softdux.com/?p=291 Looking for mass storage on a budget? This company has outlined an easy-to-follow, and affordable way to built a peta byte storage server. The server is basically a custom designed 4U rackmount chassis with hard drives filling almost every square centimetre. They also added 2 power supplies and plenty of fans to cool down the whole setup.

From what I can gather, the server offer semi hotswap functions. The power supplies work in tandem to power-up everything, and I want to think that if one spends more money, you could add 2 (or 4 low profile) hot swap power supplies to the setup. The SATA hard drives should be hot swappable, but I guess with the metal housing it could be a bit dangerous.

Still, it offers a lot of space on a small budget!

The full story can be read here: http://blog.backblaze.com/2009/09/01/petabytes-on-a-budget-how-to-build-cheap-cloud-storage/

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