2 years ago, BackBlaze released specs for their storage pod, which is basically huge tract of drives wired together.
It's not fast, but it's cheap, and it's great for bulk-archiving documents.
Now it's 2011- Is there a better way of solving this problem? S3 is crazy expensive for massive (100+TB) archiving, and I'd rather go one-step above building my own system using custom frames and components.
Are there any web-services which offer bulk storage at somewhat reasonable rates? Are there off-the-shelf cases which offer 50+ HDs for a non-insane price?
It's not fast, but it's cheap, and it's great for bulk-archiving documents.
Now it's 2011- Is there a better way of solving this problem? S3 is crazy expensive for massive (100+TB) archiving, and I'd rather go one-step above building my own system using custom frames and components.
Are there any web-services which offer bulk storage at somewhat reasonable rates? Are there off-the-shelf cases which offer 50+ HDs for a non-insane price?