![]() This means that a 40U rack composed entirely of Storage Pods can accommodate up to 2.4PB of raw storage. According to Backblaze, the Pod 6.0 is designed to allow administrators to get the price as low as $0.05/per GB when using 4TB drives. The Storage Pod 6.0 incorporates 60 commodity hard drives in a 4U-sized server built from parts that are commercially available. It offers read/write data at speeds in excess of 3 GB/s, and is capable of moving massive amounts of data in a very short time over high-speed connectivity. ![]() With 30, 45 or 60 hard-drive slot configurations, the Storinator provides massive amounts of storage with up to 600TB of raw data. ![]() The servers can be utilized as a NAS device, but offer the ability to transform into a hyper-converged solution for your chosen application. Storinator servers will also allow you to run cluster software such as Gluster FS, and object-store systems such as Caringo or Ceph. These servers offer the freedom to run any software you choose, including OS (Linux, CentOS, Debian, etc.), FreeBSD, Windows Server, as well as NAS software (FreeNAS, RockStor, etc.). The Storinator servers are software agnostic. Backuppods sells the stock Backblaze design, while 45 Drives took the approach of taking the Backblaze design, using it as a launch pad, and modifying it for a much broader audience into a product they call the Storinator. In fact, Backblaze only publishes open-source designs and parts lists for their Storage Pods, which means that those who do not wish to build their own Pods will need to purchase them from a third-party vendor like Backuppods or 45 Drives. The Storage Pod 6.0 design is the result of an open-source hardware-development process that allows administrators the choice of purchasing a pre-built server or building their own to the same specifications.īackblaze bills itself as a cloud-based backup and offsite storage service, but within the storage industry, they are also known as the originator of the Storage Pod series of storage arrays and the publisher of detailed reviews on the longevity of hard drives. Incremental cost to upgrade network speeds (symmetric 500 Mbps minimum).The Backblaze Storage Pod 6.0 accommodates 60 hard drives in a 4U rackmount server, with an architecture that puts the emphasis on storage density and price-per-GB. Percentage of data downloaded each year, based on the total amount of data The cost each site visit (contract value/number of visits), includes 4 emergency visits (once a quarter)įor each LTO system: Hours spent each week working on LTO based backup/restore/maintenance activities.Īnnual salary + benefits, FTE who manages LTO system(s) - $50/hourĬost of storage per month per GB (Backblaze) ![]() The number of times the tapes are picked up / dropped off each year On-site repair/replace service, next business day, parts and labor, 9x5 coverage. Number of hours to fully load an LTO-8 tape with 24 TB of dataĬost per year for each LTO unit. The number of tapes that can be loaded per day with 1 LTO system Number of tapes needed to do a full backup - Weekly 3, Monthly 3, Annual 1 (up to 24 TB of data per tape)ĭecreasing cost per year of LTO to from Max to MinĬost of a new LTO-8 Eight cartridge autoloader tape with 1 read/write head purchased todayĬost of a new LTO-8 Eight cartridge autoloader tape with 1 read/write head purchased down the road. Number of tapes needed for daily incremental backups (up to 24 TB of data per tape) For Cloud Storage, the data consistency software checks each file every 30 days.Ģ4 TB - the amount of data on 1 LTO Tape assuming 2:1 compression.Cloud Storage Service Level Agreement (SLA) for 99.9% uptime.The cost listed is incremental to any existing cost for Internet network service. Upgraded bandwidth is based on 500 Gbps Verizon FIOS service in major metropolitan areas.Currently only 2% of data stored with Backblaze B2 is downloaded in any given month. Data downloaded is 10% per month of all data stored.The number of tape drives available is sufficient to perform the backup service as follows:.Maintenance contract provides for onsite repair/replacement, next day service, parts and labor, 3 years, 9x5 coverage.Tape drive systems are 8-tape autoloader with a single read/write head, cost is divided over 10 years of system life.LTO tapes are replaced once 1 year unless archived. ![]()
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