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The Ultimate All-In-One Storage Solution

Posted by timothy on from the if-you-have-to-ask-you-can't-afford dept.

karnifex writes "Filled up your LaCie Bigger Disk already, and looking for a little more storage space? Good news! The Petabox is ready! 'The petabox by the Internet Archive is a machine designed to safely store and process one petabyte of information (a petabyte is a million gigabytes).' And luckily, as the Internet Archive notes, it's shipping-container friendly (20' x 8' x 8'). So save on delivery costs and order two!"

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  1. Petabox is ready! by KevinKnSC · · Score: 5, Informative
    Good news! The Petabox is ready!

    From the article:
    PILOT STATUS 5/2004
    * The first 100TB Rack is up and running!
    * The second 100TB Rack will be up by the end of May

    Apparently this is some new use of the word "ready" with which I am not familiar. Neat technology, no doubt, but it doesn't really look like it's ready for prime time just yet.

  2. Re:Useless Statistics! by isorox · · Score: 5, Informative

    How many Library of Congresses is this?

    50

    How many 128kbps MP3s can you store on it.

    250-300 million depending on song length

    And most importantly, how many floppy disks is this equivalent too?!

    700 Million - nearly 40,000 miles when laid end on end, or about 1500 miles when stacked on top of each other.