Robin Harris of StorageMojo, in his ZDNet persona, is taking time to highlight a study on memory error rates. The study looks at real world error rates on the majority of Google’s commodity server fleet over a period of 2.5 years. The study shows how important it is to use systems and memory that support [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Backblaze Storage Pod'
Huge intrest in the Backblaze Storage Pod
September 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Hardware, Storage
On September 1 Backblaze, a provider of online backup services, posted an interesting article titled Petabytes on a budget: How to build cheap cloud storage. The post details how Backblaze uses commodity hardware to build 67 terabyte “storage pods” for just $7,867 each. Backblaze hopes that by sharing their design, others can benefit and contribute [...]
