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Computer Related => Hardware => Topic started by: Mr_Anderson on September 02, 2009, 04:26:40 PM

Title: Hot to Build a Cheap Cloud Storage
Post by: Mr_Anderson on September 02, 2009, 04:26:40 PM

Ran across this article, pretty cool if you want a massive storage system (http://blog.backblaze.com/2009/09/01/petabytes-on-a-budget-how-to-build-cheap-cloud-storage/) for a low budget.

Title: Re: Hot to Build a Cheap Cloud Storage
Post by: JollyRoger on September 03, 2009, 01:59:16 PM

Imagine the possibilities.

Title: Re: Hot to Build a Cheap Cloud Storage
Post by: Mr_Anderson on September 06, 2009, 02:03:10 AM

I did and imagined the amount of movies and music you could hold on that.

Title: Re: Hot to Build a Cheap Cloud Storage
Post by: ZWarrior on September 08, 2009, 07:05:14 AM

I thought you said "low budget"  Ouch!  almost $8K

Title: Re: Hot to Build a Cheap Cloud Storage
Post by: Mr_Anderson on September 08, 2009, 12:00:07 PM

You don't need to make it a 67 terabyte cloud, you could build a decent size for only a few hundred bucks.

Title: Re: Hot to Build a Cheap Cloud Storage
Post by: ZWarrior on September 09, 2009, 08:52:36 PM

But then who on here uses 67TB of storage?  Anderson may be the closest to needing it.

Title: Re: Hot to Build a Cheap Cloud Storage
Post by: Mr_Anderson on September 10, 2009, 11:24:47 PM

I need 2 actually.

Title: Re: Hot to Build a Cheap Cloud Storage
Post by: opiesilver on September 20, 2009, 02:18:27 PM

I was just in Fry's earlier and noticed that they carry Hitachi 2TB drives for only $199.

Title: Re: Hot to Build a Cheap Cloud Storage
Post by: ZWarrior on September 25, 2009, 09:18:14 AM

Lord I hate you sometimes, Opie.  OK, maybe not hate, but definitely very, very, very jealous.