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[mishlert]

In my opinion one can never have enough memory or disk space, but:



OVERVIEW
The petabox(tm) by the Internet Archive is a machine designed to safely store and process one petabyte of information (a petabyte is a million gigabytes). The goals-- and current design points are:
* Low power-- 6kWatts per rack, and 60kWatts for the whole system
* High density-- 100 Terabytes per rack
* Local computing to process the data-- 800 low-end PC's
* Multi-OS possible, linux standard
* Colocation friendly-- requires our own rack to get 100TB/rack, or 50TB in a standard rack
* Shipping container friendly-- Able to be run in a 20' by 8' by 8' shipping container
* Easy Maintenance-- one system administrator per petabyte
* Software to automate mirroring with itself
* Inexpensive design
* Inexpensive storage

PILOT STATUS 6/2004

* The first 100TB Rack is operational in Amsterdam http://www.eu.archive.org
* The second 80TB rack is operational in San Francisco
* Loaded with movies and music
* Next step is to bring it to a full production state.*
* Redesigned box, racks, LCD, power cords are in progress.

*I'll take one

More Information at:
http://www.capricorn-tech.com

[eamo]

Think of all the interesting documentaries and 'art' movies I could store on that!!!

[mishlert]

Let's say you decide to go small at only 1TB.
Here are the specs:

Storage:
* 1.0TB per node
* 4 hard drives per node
* ATA Interface
* 8MB Cache
* 8.5ms typical latency
* EZ-Latch disk mounting system

Power:
* 65W per node typical
* 90-265VAC, 47-63 Hz Autoranging
* Active Power Factor Correction
* Low operating and cooling costs
* Lower temperature for improved reliability

Motherboard/Processor:
* 1GHz VIA C3 CPU
* VIA CLE266 Northbridge
* VIA VT8237 Southbridge
* DDR266 RAM - Up to 1GB
* 2 USB 2.0 ports
* 1 Serial port
* 1 Parallel port
* 1 VGA port
* PS2 mouse & keyboard ports

Networking:
* 10/100 or 10/100/1000 Ethernet

Single-Side Access:
* All cables, switches, and display accessible from front side
* No need to access backside - airflow only

Display:
* 16 x 2 character LCD (optional)

Management Tools:
* Remote monitoring of system status
* Remote monitoring of inbound and outbound bandwidth
* Serial Console Output

Physical:
* Rackmountable with Hands Free Backside Support
* 17.25"W x 18"D x 1.72"H (43.8 x 45.7 x 4.4 cm)
* Weight 18 lbs (8.2kg)

Environmental:
* 5 - 35oC Operating Temperature
* 10-90% Relative Humidity (non-condensing)

[SHANE02]

wow..thats massive! But remember, the more data you have on magnetic media the more you can loose. I know this from experience. I wonder how many partitions are on that monstrosity.