Re:Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage Now Has S3 Compatible APIs
by justinclift on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @05:30AM
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How far off do you reckon Backblaze is from designing your own motherboards + electronics, with just the pieces you need? :)
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Re:Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage Now Has S3 Compatible APIs
by ADefenestrator on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @12:05PM
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Pretty far. Since we cram so many drives into each server, our total server count is actually relatively low for the amount of storage we have. I'm not sure exactly how many units you need to amortize the design costs across to make it worth it for a custom ODM design, but I suspect it's in the tens of thousands.