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[Ask HN]: Cheap Bulk Storage - Part 2
There was a HN thread a few days ago on Cheap Bulk Storage: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2503552
BackBlaze Pods are interesting. Here is an updated link where Harvard recently built one of these: http://cleanenergy.harvard.edu/index.php?ira=Jabba&tipoContenido=sidebar&sidebar=science
The total cost was: $6,377.00 for then entire POD, 90TB.
Someone recommended a Super Micro Chasis: http://www.provantage.com/supermicro-cse-417e16-r1400ub~7SUP92AE.htm
The cost on the Super Micro chasis is $2100.00
Factoring in all the parts required for the BackBlaze POD (excluding drives, ram, mobo, etc) isn't the SuperMicro a good solid start for the price? 72 bays instead of 45 too.
Doesn't buying the SuperMicro eliminate a lot of work and parts needed for the BackBlaze style POD?
Can anyone help me analyze which way builds the best system, cost is a factor. I am starting an NPO for information archival.
- gvb 16y agoNote that the SuperMicro chassis uses 2.5" Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)[1] drives. The BackBlaze is using 3.5" SATA drives. Those are in a totally different classes. SAS drives are "enterprise" drives: faster and presumably more reliable that SATA, but lower density and higher priced. 2.5" SAS drives appear to top out at ~600GB and at a premium[2]. The 3.5" SATA drives used by BackBlaze are 1.5TB (probably more by now) and less expensive. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_attached_SCSI http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_attached_SCSI [2] http://www.google.com/search?q=2.5+sas+hard+drive&hl=en&client=ubuntu&hs=oS6&channel=fs&prmd=ivns&source=univ&tbm=shop&tbo=u&sa=X&ei=CaLATfTuLcHYgQeeyKDMBQ&ved=0CFsQrQQ&biw=1156&bih=538 http://www.google.com/search?q=2.5+sas+hard+drive&hl=en&...
- jason_slack 16y agoYikes, I definitely want to go SATA route. Thanks for pointing that out.