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>RackMountPro offers a 4U server with 102 bays, similar to the BackBlaze servers, which fully configured with 12GB drives is around $11k total and stores 1.2 PB
by warrenm 6y ago
>RackMountPro offers a 4U server with 102 bays, similar to the BackBlaze servers, which fully configured with 12GB drives is around $11k total and stores 1.2 PB per server. (https://www.rackmountpro.com/product.php?pid=3154 https://www.rackmountpro.com/product.php?pid=3154)
I dare you to buy 102 12TB drives for $11k
The cheapest consumer class 12GB hdd is ~$275 a pop
That's $28k just for the drives