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I Built a 1 Petabyte Server from Scratch [video]

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by Tepix

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Also relevant: Backblaze Storage Pod 6.0
https://www.backblaze.com/cloud-storage/resources/storage-po...
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/open-source-data-storage-serv...

by KaiserPro

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I dunno what the budget is, I've not had time to watch it all. however getting a second hand dell md3060 (they are rebadged from an OEM) for about £1k is also a good option.
Its 60drives and mostly bulletproof. Downside is that you'll either need SAS controller on your server, or find the vanishingly rare Sata controllers.
JBOD that badboy into ZFS and you'll have something fast enough for most things (streaming)
How we used them was hardware raid 7 in 4 groups of 13 with the rest as hot spares. LVM raid 0 and good to go (this was a time before production ZFS on linux)
I'm not sure what the compatibility is with larger sata drives given how old it is. I suspect you might be limited to JBOD.

by _-_-__-_-_-

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I watched this last week, it is a wonderful project. It took so much work and engineering.

by geoah

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Any suggestions for UK alternatives for cutting and bending the steel sheets needed for the chassis to the suggested US company in the video? I’ve reached out to a couple for quotes a couple of days back but haven’t heard back yet.

by OrvalWintermute

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full captures of VMs, snapshotting & ISOs eats up lots of storage
Previously ran an mp3 scraper recording 30 stations simultaneously
Good exposure to more music

by Brajeshwar

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What would a typical household/homelab use such a storage for? (“Games & Stuff”)

by lanthade

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