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3 Terabytes, 80 Watts

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the all-your-reality-TV-are-belong-to-us dept.

legoburner writes "The Enquirer is reporting that Capricorn have released a mini-itx based 1U-sized storage computer featuring four 750-GB hard drives and a 1-Ghz controller system with a typical power usage of an astounding 80 W per machine. A full 40U rack only uses 3.2 kW, which is less than 30 kW for an entire Petabyte!"

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  1. your file server structure? by legoburner · · Score: 5, Interesting

    At last, a chance for a rejected ask slashdot of mine... What is the structure of your file storage area / file server? How do you filter and back things up for your home file server?

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    1. Re:your file server structure? by ObsessiveMathsFreak · · Score: 3, Interesting

      I have an old 386 running fedora and samba on a 120GB drive with no RAID whatsoever. The machine won't fit another drive and an upgrade will involve so much hassle I've been putting it off over and over. Any reasonable upgrade would have to involve a terabyte machine because I don't want to go through the hassle of upgrading too soon after.

      CD based backups would be laughable considering that the disk is almost filled with downloaded TV shows and movies. Ditto for DVD's, not to mention the impracticality. USB HDDs; Backups are meant to be _more_ secure. Internet backup; not enough bandwidth. I never thought I'd say this, but I miss tapes.

      It's going to give out. I know it, you know it, we all know it. Bloody shows aren't even that good... *grumble*....

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  2. Re:Ouch by hankwang · · Score: 4, Interesting
    3200 Watts for 120 Terra bytes - that's like two hand-held hair dryers!

    Or 28,000 kWh per year, i.e. $2800 at $0.10 per kWh (not sure what the going rate is nowadays).

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