Comments on: Petabytes on a Budget 2.0: Revealing More Secrets

By: The Drive Stats of Backblaze Storage Pods

The Drive Stats of Backblaze Storage Pods — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 17:55:32 +0000

[…] 2009, Backblaze has written extensively about the data storage servers we created and deployed which we call Backblaze Storage Pods. We not […]

By: 1.6 Petabytes of Storage in One Day

1.6 Petabytes of Storage in One Day — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 13:49:51 +0000

[…] Dave, and Guido, from our operations group, outdid themselves. They racked and powered up 12 new Storage Pods in one day; that is freakin’ awesome and it’s a new Backblaze record. Over the next […]

By: Backblaze Turns Five: A Startup Grows Up

Backblaze Turns Five: A Startup Grows Up — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 13:46:02 +0000

[…] We published “Petabytes on a Budget V2.0: Revealing More Secrets,” the second version of our open-sourced Backblaze Storage Pod. 9/16/11: We paid off the last […]

By: Federal Fugitive Freed Because Evidence Takes Too Much Space

Federal Fugitive Freed Because Evidence Takes Too Much Space — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 13:44:50 +0000

[…] one third of one Backblaze Storage Pod. Which costs $10k to […]

By: Backblaze Data Center Grows 1000x—Data Center 2.0 Needed; Apply Within

Backblaze Data Center Grows 1000x—Data Center 2.0 Needed; Apply Within — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 13:20:43 +0000

[…] current data center and we have steadily added more and more cabinets. Each full cabinet has 8-10 Storage Pods and when you do the math, we now have about 40 petabytes of storage. Growth is […]

By: Netflix, You Flatter Us

Netflix, You Flatter Us — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 11:24:22 +0000

[…] by the Backblaze Storage Pod, Netflix builds their own Flixapod. Okay, it’s not really called that. It’s called the […]

By: The REAL Story Behind How Backblaze Can Afford Unlimited Storage for $5/Month

The REAL Story Behind How Backblaze Can Afford Unlimited Storage for $5/Month — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 08:53:02 +0000

[…] as a result of our incredibly efficient cloud storage built on our custom-designed and open-sourced Storage Pod […]

By: What Would You Do With a Storage Pod?

What Would You Do With a Storage Pod? — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 11:52:17 +0000

[…] Pod 027 is one of 20 Backblaze Storage Pods being retired. In this group are version one and version two Storage Pods. They have been removed from service—their drives, motherboard, SATA cards, […]

By: Come and Get ‘Em -- Storage Pods That Is

Come and Get ‘Em -- Storage Pods That Is — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 10:55:09 +0000

[…] These are a mix of Storage Pod 2.0 and Storage Pod 3.0 chassis with most of the components included (except for hard drives, including […]