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Re:SQL Databases Don't Scale by itgoon on Tuesday July 07, 2009 @06:46PM (#692772)
Most of the money went to the hard drives themselves. They've come down a lot since (1.5TB had just been announced), but it was around 70% of the cost. Everything else was relatively cheap.

The 2.5 drives are good, and seem to becoming typical, because they run much cooler. We've got some G5s in the same closet, with just as many drives, and they don't run nearly as warm.

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