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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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  2. Can I get that petabyte in Cornflower Blue? by SpasticMutant · · Score: 5, Funny

    As long as it's not silver, black or grey, I'm fine with adding another petabyte to my current configuration. If only my file system could handle it...

    1. Re:Can I get that petabyte in Cornflower Blue? by keithmo · · Score: 5, Funny

      But mauve has the most RAM.

    2. Re:Can I get that petabyte in Cornflower Blue? by Pike · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Sounds like you need ZFS.

  3. Sounds heavy by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Knowing my luck, I'd probably tip the rack over and lose all the bank data to a massive head crash.

    If information is power, then this thing is a perpetual motion machine.

  4. I think I'll buy the house... by BlahMatt · · Score: 5, Funny
    "you could have every reality TV program at your fingertips for a little less than the cost of an average house."
    Thank you I think I'll buy the house...

    A) Because why would you want every reality TV program at your fingertips?
    B) Because we already do (See http://bittorrent.com/)
    C) Because... just because.
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    1. Re:I think I'll buy the house... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Also, you can live in a house. Have you tried living in a Mini-ITX case though?

  5. It's still not big enough! by kcbrown · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not when I keep getting a new internet every few minutes. A whole internet every few minutes! Can you imagine how many libraries of congress that is? I don't know about you, but I'd have a lot of trouble stuffing an entire library of congress into one of those tubes! And since the library of congress is obviously a lot bigger than this storage computer, there's no way you could stuff it into it!

    Until they come out with one of these that's bigger than the library of congress, I'm not buying!

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  6. Re:Ouch by thePowerOfGrayskull · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yea, but most people dont run two hair-dryers 24/7

    You haven't met my wife.

  7. Re:Ouch by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yea, but most people dont run two hair-dryers 24/7

    You haven't met my wife.

    Those aren't hair dryers.