![]() Backblaze says their hardware costs are a little over $7,000 for this configuration but as we will show in a future post this is not exactly realistic for others who wish to follow in their footsteps. At 3TB per drive you can get 135 terabytes of raw capacity into a single storage “pod”. The backblaze pod is essentially a stripped down 4U storage server with internal space for 45 internal disk drives (and a single OS disk). In short, the clever and cool people at online backup company Backblaze have effectively “open sourced” their custom hardware design that allows them to acquire & deploy monstrous storage capacity at a low enough price point to sustain their “$3.96/month unlimited online backups” business model. If you have never heard of the backblaze storage pod, stop reading now and go to this link: /0/petabytes-on-a-budget-v2-0revealing-more-secrets/. Part VII – Backblaze pod ongoing impressions ( future post).Part VI – Backblaze pod software & configuration ( future post).Part V – Backblaze Initial Performance Data.Part IV – Backblaze pod assembly & integration pictures.Part III – Our real-world Backblaze pod costs.Part I – Why you should never build a Backblaze pod ( this post).Place: 11085 Sun Center Dr.BioTeam’s Backblaze 2.0 Project – 135 Terabytes for $12,000.If you cannot come in person on the date and time below, please make arrangements for someone to come and pick them up on your behalf. You will need to procure one before these become bootable. We can’t guarantee that the components aren’t nearing the end of their life, but these pods should be in decent working order (and if they aren’t what a fun tinkering project!). Specs: These are a mix of Storage Pod 2.0 and Storage Pod 3.0 chassis with most of the components included (except for hard drives, including boot drives). We’re unfortunately NOT, under any circumstances, able to ship. ![]() You need to come and get them! If you’re in the Sacramento area (or interested in traveling to it), we’re going to have a pickup day on Friday, June 28th, 2019. The time has come to retire some of our old friends: a number of Backblaze Storage Pods that have reached their end of service in our data centers. Saw this and thought of this subreddit instantly: ĮDIT: In case you don't or can't click on the link: Just make sure to tag the post with the flair and give a little background info/context. On Fridays we'll allow posts that don't normally fit in the usual data-hoarding theme, including posts that would usually be removed by rule 4: “No memes or 'look at this '” We are not your personal archival army.No unapproved sale threads, advertisement posts, or giveaways.No memes or 'look at this old storage medium/ connection speed/purchase' (except on Free Post Fridays).Search the Internet, this subreddit and our wiki before posting.And we're trying really hard not to forget.ģ.3v Pin Reset Directions :D / Alt Imgur link Along the way we have sought out like-minded individuals to exchange strategies, war stories, and cautionary tales of failures. Everyone has their reasons for curating the data they have decided to keep (either forever or For A Damn Long Timetm). government or corporate espionage), cultural and familial archivists, internet collapse preppers, and people who do it themselves so they're sure it's done right. Among us are represented the various reasons to keep data - legal requirements, competitive requirements, uncertainty of permanence of cloud services, distaste for transmitting your data externally (e.g.
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