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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 Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      But does it run Lin... um.

      How about a Beo.. oh damn

  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.

  3. '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'....