Who needs online backup, right? You can do backups yourself, and Backblaze is telling you how!
In their latest blog post, Backblaze outlines what it takes to run an online backup service. The short answer: lots of 67 terabyte 4U servers at $7,867 a piece!
So you start with 45 hard drives, add in 4 SATA cards, 2 power supplies and… yawn. Sorry guys, I’m sure this fascinates someone out there, but not me.
If you’re fascinated by these things, go read Backblaze‘s extensive write-up on their blog, including complete wiring diagrams and a shopping list – in case you want to build your own.
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As I say when I am not going to do something, “I will get right on it”. Problem is even if you do get people’s/your data backed up to a drive/storage device like that, you have to keep backing up your files (reversioning), so you’ll need some nifty software also. In addition, finding stuff is probably going to need some software help. I am with you 100%. I am sure owning one of these monster drives fascinates someone, but not me either. Good news is that the online backup wheel has already been invented.