![]() ![]() Rocket 750 40-port SATA expansion cards, inside the Backblaze Storage Pod 4.0 By wiring the hard drives directly into the host adapter, Backblaze says Storage Pod 4 has between four and five times the throughput of its predecessor. These specs are a big step up from Storage Pod 2.0 and 3.0, which required two PSUs, and nine five-drive NAS backplanes that then connected to three SATA expansion cards. The centerpiece of the installation, though, is a pair of Rocket 750 40-port SATA PCIe host adapter expansion boards, priced at around $700 each. Storage Pod 4 consists of a custom-designed 4U server case containing 45 4TB hard drives, a single 850W power supply, and a motherboard/CPU/RAM that runs the controller software. Backblaze originally open sourced the specifications of Storage Pod 2.0 in 2011 - and now, as the company continues to grow and seek out cheaper and higher density storage solutions, it has just published the details of Storage Pod 4.0.įirst, the specifications. Backblaze is a cloud-based backup company that provides unlimited storage for a fixed monthly price - a service it can only provide because it builds its own Storage Pods, instead of using commercial devices that are well over twice the price. ![]() The 180TB storage array, like many of our other hard drive-related stories, comes from our friends at Backblaze. The best part? Building your own 180TB storage array will cost you just $9,305. With 180 terabytes of storage under the hood, never again will the Steam Summer Sale give you storage anxiety never again will you have to decide which files get backed up. But wait! Instead of deleting data like some kind of chump, I have a better idea: Build your own 180-terabyte RAID6 storage array, and never run out of space ever again. We’ve all been there: Your computer’s 2-terabyte drive has filled itself up again, and it’s time to delete some movies and uninstall some games.
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