PetaBox: Big Storage in Small Boxes 295
An anonymous reader writes "LinuxDevices.com is reporting that a Linux-based system comprising more than a petabyte of storage as been delivered to the Internet Archive, the non-profit organization that creates periodic snapshots of the Internet. The PetaBox products, made by Capricorn Technologies, are based on Via mini-ITX motherboards running Debian or Fedora Linux. The IA's PetaBox installation consists of about 16 racks housing 600 systems with 2,500 spinning drives, for a total capacity of roughly 1.5 petabytes, according to the article. Now to strap one of those puppies to my iPod!" The Internet Archive continues to astound.
Good to see. (Score:5, Funny)
Storage galore! (Score:3, Funny)
You hear about the Petabox? (Score:5, Funny)
R. Kelly was scrambling to find the company's phone number.
It's for PetaFiles! (Score:1, Funny)
Wait, is a petabyte sized file called a petafile?
If so, then this storage must be for all the recent Michael Jackson coverage.
Mandatory (Score:1, Funny)
Petabox? (Score:4, Funny)
Isn't that what naked girls climb out of to protest fur coats?
Thank you, I'll be here all week.
Re:Good to see. (Score:5, Funny)
IPod? (Score:2, Funny)
'small box' (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Good to see. (Score:5, Funny)
How about a Beo.. oh damn
Puppies (Score:4, Funny)
maybe i'll be quoted in 15 years.. (Score:4, Funny)
Electricity $$$ ? (Score:3, Funny)
Haha~
Re:Puppies (Score:3, Funny)
Re:You hear about the Petabox? (Score:5, Funny)
Hmmm, this seems almost familiar [slashdot.org]...
Let's analyze this situation:
GET OUT OF MY MIND!!!
Re:maybe i'll be quoted in 15 years.. (Score:2, Funny)
Wayback and Slashdot (Score:5, Funny)
Slashdot has looked virtually identical since 1998!
Re:A Great Historical Tool (Score:3, Funny)
Yes, otherwise such cultural gems as goatse.cx would be lost into the void forever...
Re:Mega Systems (Score:2, Funny)
Re:IPod? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:copyright (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Petabox? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Mandatory (Score:2, Funny)
(sorry)
Re:Good to see. (Score:1, Funny)
Once upon a time (Score:4, Funny)
"Macarena" was on the radio when I started the car. A few minutes later "Macarana" was still on, and I was thinking that the song must be longer than I thought, or something. About then the DJ came on and said "We're playing 'Macarena' until you vomit." Then played the song again.
After that iteration of the song the DJ came back and played some phone calls of people begging him to change the song, but he just said that it was "Macarena" until you vomit.
I don't know when the thing started, but by the time I got to work it was the 17th or so "Macarena" in a row.
Re:Good to see. (Score:5, Funny)
Let me get this straight, you're trying to see all the porn in the world, and you still don't know where babies come from?
Re:Wayback and Slashdot (Score:5, Funny)
Why, just last year they introduced an entirely new story into the rotation of duplicates . .
hawk