BackBlaze Presents Their Bare-Bones, $7348, 135TB Storage Pod For Backup On The Cheap

We covered BackBlaze's cloud-based backup system way back in 2008, when $5 for unlimited storage must have sounded like a Christmas presesnt. Since then the business has matured somewhat, but one thing they nailed that perhaps has become more important is scaling the hardware. With cloud backup and media services firing on all cylinders, data storage space is more valuable than ever, and providing the terabytes and petabytes of space is increasingly important to emerging companies. In 2009 BackBlaze was kind enough to let everyone in on the top-secret design specs for their "Storage Pod," the custom server unit that they claimed made their prices possible (CEO Gleb Budman explains in this Ignite talk). And now they're doing it again. Want to build your own ultra-low-cost storage solution for far less than the likes of Dell and HP? They've done the legwork and provided a part-by-part breakdown.

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