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Chuchnit
02-03-2011, 05:59 PM
Check this blog out. Pretty damn cool and innovative approach to lowering their cost. :thumbsup:

Linky (http://blog.backblaze.com/2009/09/01/petabytes-on-a-budget-how-to-build-cheap-cloud-storage/)

Neuromancer
02-05-2011, 12:34 AM
Thideras over at overclockers.com did some similar stuff recently.

Chuchnit
02-05-2011, 03:03 AM
Care to link me up? I like custom stuff like this. I was surprised that they didn't use a high end raid card or cpu to increase throughput. I guess its not needed for that application.

Neuromancer
02-05-2011, 04:08 AM
Took me forever to find it LOL

http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=656463

Looks like the thread died though. He is working on a beowulf cluster right now I think :S