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I’d love to know this as well. Dell doesn’t have anything remotely close to what Backblaze was designing/building themselves. So did they do something custom (

I’d love to know this as well. Dell doesn’t have anything remotely close to what Backblaze was designing/building themselves. So did they do something custom (unlikely at this volume) or did Backblaze change their hardware approach?

ineedasername 5y ago
Not quite the same, but they do have something like the Pods, but a bit more modular: It's their PowerEdge MX platform, which allows you to slot in different "sleds" for storage/compute etc. as needed. It can take 7 storage sleds for a total of 112 drivers per chasis.
philjohn 5y ago
They do since last year - https://www.servethehome.com/dell-emc-poweredge-xe7100-100-drive-top-loading-storage-server/ https://www.servethehome.com/dell-emc-poweredge-xe7100-100-d...