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[–] Alphane_Moon 20 points 1 month ago (2 children)

A 1U rack with 20 of such drives can hold over 1.2 PB of data per rack unit, which greatly optimizes server space. A single rack can accommodate up to 44.2 PB with this setup, achieving a 67% increase in density compared to traditional 2U racks that hold 'only' 26.5 PB.

Those are some insane numbers.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

If you've got that kind of dosh, you should definitely do it and then back up the internet archive.

[–] Alphane_Moon 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You would need a setup that supports the E3.S form factor. I can't imagine this being cheap unless you can procure 2nd hand hardware.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Oh yeah. I'm guessing the drives themselves are going to cost something like $10,000 a piece. Maybe more.

If you've got 250 Grand to drop on ssds then adding in $10,000 for the server that can run them is not that big of a spend

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

internetarchive.org currently is storing 145 PB. So you'd need only 4 of these track units would backup the entire internet archive

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Imagine all the porn you could save on that.

[–] Imperor 15 points 1 month ago

I read Macron and was wondering how the French suddenly had that one in the bag as a country.