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

Re:speaking of boxes,

[Anonymous Coward]

It's overripe, you waited too long. Mini black holes seem a promising technology to keep them in a good condition for a much longer time. However it's only in the experimental phase right now. I suggest shipping the nigger right now while you still can get some cash for it.

Re:A Great Historical Tool

[Anonymous Coward]

There is no United Nations. There is an international community that occasionally can be led by the only real power left in the world, and that is the United States, when it suits our interest, and when we can get others to go along.

If the UN Secretariat building in New York lost 10 stories, it wouldn't make a bit of difference.

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[doskir]

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mod do3n

[Anonymous Coward]

rooting corpse a BSD over other also dead, its

Re:Mandatory

[afd8856]

Not funny. I'm sick of hearing the same joke on every hardware related story. Really. Get over it.

If you're just about ready to click submit on a comment that has slashdot meme in it, think again, no matter how funny you think it is. If you would read it from someone else, would it still be funny? Aren't you tired of the same old shit, repeated over and over again?

Now I feel better :)