Jason Tally

Hands on IT Manager. Live in Grand Rapids, MI. Work in Holland, MI. Interests are technology, biking, vinting, food and cooking.

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Entries Tagged as 'Backblaze Storage Pod'

DRAM Error Rates in Commodity Servers

October 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Hardware, Storage

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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