Thread: 67TB in 4U for under $8000

Quote: Originally Posted by AreEss Chenbro is a 50 bay 5U, guys. 48 front, 2 rear. Also note, 5U. Nope, the OEM who makes the Chenbro makes this also: http://www.rackmountnet.com/rackmoun...2r-p-1455.html That was what I was referring to.... this also concludes your second quote below... Quote: Originally Posted by AreEss Also, there's a reason for not mounting drives vertically like that; depth. You either lose your cooling or you...

Quote: Originally Posted by GeorgeHR But most people only want one. So mass production does not enter into the equation. Depends on which parts of a chassis are reusable from other designs. In this case, most of it. The fan wall could be made from a standard fan wall stamping, and probably is. The rear plate is a slightly modified standard ATX backplate, nothing fancy there either. The main stamping (bottom and sides) are straight off the...

Wait, since when does Chenbro have a 5U high density rackmount case? I only know of the 50 bay 9U and the one you mentioned isn't on their website as far as I can tell.

Quote: Originally Posted by axan mozy seems to have no file size limit but the home version doesn't support network shares you nee pro account for which they charge $0.50 per GB $4720.64 to backup my current data. That is NOT going to work, LOL

I want that case but with hotswaps.

Quote: Originally Posted by Ockie He didn't need to write a book for me to agree with him It's sort of stupefying when he list everything out. It really puts into perspective just how ghetto backblaze is.

Quote: Originally Posted by Ockie It is just the steel tin with the red finish. I bet none of you can duplicate the case for $800, include your labor. Seems like a good deal. And remember that the fellow is in business to make money not to make you cases.

What do you mean you won't need the 1680? For hardware raid you could use the arc1680ix-24 connected to the HP Sas expander via an external SFF-8088 cable for a total of 48 Sata ports. I also just emailed the CEO of backblaze asking where it would be possible to buy some of the pod cases. If you used 2TB drives the price would go up quite a bit but then you could have 900TB advertised capacity in one 42u rack.

per month :P

Quote: Originally Posted by AreEss Yeah. You all really know nothing of rack cases. Come on man, you come on here acting a bit narcissistic. Give some people the benefit of the doubt every once in a while man, you know? I know that you have a lot of experience with this sort of stuff, but seriously man, you act like everyone else on this forum belongs in grade school. While I do admit there are a lot o dumb ones, you gotta learn to be humble...