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PetaBox: Big Storage in Small Boxes

Posted by timothy on from the always-impressive dept.

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.

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  1. Good to see. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

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

    1. Re:Good to see. by FireballX301 · · Score: 4, Funny

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

    2. Re:Good to see. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      But does it run Lin... um.

      How about a Beo.. oh damn

    3. Re:Good to see. by Mark+Hood · · Score: 4, Funny

      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? :)

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  2. You hear about the Petabox? by Dancin_Santa · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

    1. Re:You hear about the Petabox? by pyrrhonist · · Score: 4, Funny
      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!!!

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  3. Petabox? by eclectro · · Score: 4, Funny


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

    Thank you, I'll be here all week.

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  4. 'small box' by MonoSynth · · Score: 5, Funny

    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'....

  5. maybe i'll be quoted in 15 years.. by qda · · Score: 4, Funny

    "nobody needs more than a perabyte of storage"

  6. Wayback and Slashdot by mcrbids · · Score: 4, Funny

    Go ahead. Try Slashdot in the wayback machine.

    Slashdot has looked virtually identical since 1998!

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    1. Re:Wayback and Slashdot by hawk · · Score: 4, Funny
      Oh, c'mon. It's not that bad.

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

      :)

      hawk