"Storage Pod 4.0" that can build huge cloud storage of 180 TB with only 8 yen per 1 GB

GoogleI lowered my Google Drive usage fee all at onceWith the current situation that cloud storage is likely to become more popular, a self-made kit that can construct and operate private cloud storage with maximum capacity of 180 TB at a superb discount "Storage Pod 4.0"Has appeared.

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Huge cloud storage kit You can check what kind of machine is Storage Pod 4.0 in the following movie.

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Tim Nafaya, the developer, explains Storage Pod 4.0.


This is Storage Pod 4.0. The color of the enclosure is red, not black or silver that is common in PC-related environments, creating a special atmosphere.


"Storage Pod 4.0 can hold up to 45 storage units"


In an unexposed stateSATAconnector. Apparently, it seems to install the storage such as hard disk (HDD) vertically in this connector.


Storage Pod 4.0 features that the left motherboard area and the right storage area were made independent.


This is to isolate and separate the area to protect the motherboard and power supply from the large amount of heat generated when 45 HDDs are installed.


The storage area has a total of 6 12-centimeter fans. As far as wings of a fan is seen, it seems to be an air flow structure that exhausts air from the right side of the screen and exhausts it to the left side.


This is an area with hardware other than storage such as motherboard and power supply.


Kimo of Storage Pod 4.0HBAcard"Rocket 750".


Up to 40 storage can be connected with 1 card. Of course, it corresponds to SATA 3.0 (6 Gbps).


Storage Pod 4.0 has two Rocket 750s.


Connect to storage with Mini SAS compatible connector cable that Mr. Naphai holds.


It is like this when inserting the cable into Rocket 750.


The tip of Mini SAS compatible connector cable is the SATA connector with 45 units mounted on Storage Pod 4.0.



Thanks to this cable, even if a large amount of storage is connected, it can be avoided that the cable goes into a jungle state.


Storage Pod 4.0 with a total of 46 HDDs for 45 units plus one for the system, but only one power supply to reduce costs.


Storage Pod 4.0, the lowest model of one power supply$ 4996(About 510,000 yen) has become. Because the 4 TB HDD is about 20,000 yen, it takes about 1.4 million yen to build 180 TB cloud storage with 4 TB HDD × 45 units, and the capacity unit price is about 8 yen per 1 GB.

We also released Storage Pod 4.0BackblazeSince it is a company that provides cloud storage services and has proven track record of using Storage Pod, Storage Pod 4.0 developed based on those experiences also comes with stability in origami. In addition, Backblaze has published a report saying "Which manufacturer's HDD is easy to break?" Based on the data accumulated in the operation of the cloud storage service.

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As Rocket 750 can connect 40 storage units, it seems that Storage Pod that can load more than 80 storage can be expected in the future. However, it seems that it is difficult to use up all the capacity.