PetaBox: Big Storage in Small Boxes

An anonymous reader writes "LinuxDevices.com is reporting that a Linux-based system comprising more than a petabyte of storage as been delivered to the Internet Archive, the non-profit organization that creates periodic snapshots of the Internet. The PetaBox products, made by Capricorn Technologies, are based on Via mini-ITX motherboards running Debian or Fedora Linux. The IA's PetaBox installation consists of about 16 racks housing 600 systems with 2,500 spinning drives, for a total capacity of roughly 1.5 petabytes, according to the article. Now to strap one of those puppies to my iPod!" The Internet Archive continues to astound.

Comments

Good to see.

[Anonymous Coward]

For all the jokes out there about people 'downloading the internet' it's good to know someone is actually doing it.

Re:Good to see.

[FireballX301]

Who the heck cares about the rest of the internet, can this thing hold all the pr0n?

Re:Good to see.

[Anonymous Coward]

But does it run Lin... um.

How about a Beo.. oh damn

Re:Good to see.

[Moderatbastard]

Even the *cough* russian *cough* sort? In that case they should call it a pedobox.

Re:Good to see.

[Mark Hood]

There seem to be an awful lot; I haven't been able to see them all (though I will continue to try). Where do they mostly come from, I wonder.

Let me get this straight, you're trying to see all the porn in the world, and you still don't know where babies come from? :)

Storage galore!

[Bananatree3]

If, If only I could get a hold of one of those, I could Rival GOOGLE! Yes! I can become the next internet craze with my super, duper search engine crawling the web! I have the space, now I just need a connection in the middle of Alaska fast enough to rival google...

You hear about the Petabox?

[Dancin_Santa]

Michael Jackson was heard breathing a sigh of relief. He thought it was where they sent Petafiles.

R. Kelly was scrambling to find the company's phone number.

Re:You hear about the Petabox?

[pyrrhonist]

Michael Jackson was heard breathing a sigh of relief. He thought it was where they sent Petafiles.

Hmmm, this seems almost familiar...

Let's analyze this situation:

• The time on our posts is exactly the same.
• There's a difference of only 3 in the post id values.
• I was unable to foresee the R. Kelly connection.

This can only mean one thing... You are the Kwisatz Haderach!

GET OUT OF MY MIND!!!

It's for PetaFiles!

[pyrrhonist]

LinuxDevices.com is reporting that a Linux-based system comprising more than a petabyte of storage as been delivered to the Internet Archive

Wait, is a petabyte sized file called a petafile?

If so, then this storage must be for all the recent Michael Jackson coverage.

Mandatory

[huntse]

Imagine a beowulf cluster of these babies... ...oh, it already is one. nevermind, I'll get my coat.

Re:Mandatory

[MrDoh!]

Ah, you must be new here.
(sorry)

Petabox?

[eclectro]

Isn't that what naked girls climb out of to protest fur coats?

Thank you, I'll be here all week.

Re:Petabox?

[Anonymous Coward]

Actually, it's what geeks would like to do, but are seldom given the chance.

IPod?

[NegativeOneUserID]

Right, sure, like anyone believes that you want that much storage for music. You just want to use it for pr0n.

Re:IPod?

[BlackMesaLabs]

Decide to use it for "Pr0n" and you're gonna NEED a beowulf cluster of them...

'small box'

[MonoSynth]

So the inventor of the microprocessor dies and suddenly the definition of 'small box' for computer components is again reduced too 'fits in a big room'....

Puppies

[Sinner]

An anonymous reader writes "LinuxDevices.com is ... according to the article. Now to strap one of those puppies to my iPod!"

I'm sorry, baby dogs? That's so last week. I've got an arctic seal pup strapped to my iPod. You should see the looks I get on the subway. Bling, baby, Bling.

Re:Puppies

[Sinner]

You gonna eat that?

maybe i'll be quoted in 15 years..

[qda]

"nobody needs more than a perabyte of storage"

Re:maybe i'll be quoted in 15 years..

[Anonymous Coward]

Well, I'd hope somewhere along the line somebody will fix that typo for you. Otherwise, you'll forever be quoted as "nobody needs more than a perabyte [sic] of storage."

Electricity $$$ ?

[kasnol]

Wow - have they calculate how much is the running cost per day ? I might just stay with my iPod instead for the time being~
Haha~

Wayback and Slashdot

[mcrbids]

Go ahead. Try Slashdot in the wayback machine.

Slashdot has looked virtually identical since 1998!

Re:Wayback and Slashdot

[hawk]

Oh, c'mon. It's not that bad.

Why, just last year they introduced an entirely new story into the rotation of duplicates . . .

:)

hawk

Re:A Great Historical Tool

[venicebeach]

Yes, otherwise such cultural gems as goatse.cx would be lost into the void forever...

Re:Mega Systems

[name773]

large bundles of neatly organized cable... ohh man.

Re:copyright

[Anonymous Coward]

I accidently clicked your site and somehow it copied itself into my computers memory. Please don't sue me.

Once upon a time

[QMO]

I was driving to work. It wasn't a long drive, but more than 5 minutes.

"Macarena" was on the radio when I started the car. A few minutes later "Macarana" was still on, and I was thinking that the song must be longer than I thought, or something. About then the DJ came on and said "We're playing 'Macarena' until you vomit." Then played the song again.

After that iteration of the song the DJ came back and played some phone calls of people begging him to change the song, but he just said that it was "Macarena" until you vomit.

I don't know when the thing started, but by the time I got to work it was the 17th or so "Macarena" in a row.