Thought people might find this interesting. It doesn't get to the cloud bit, but describes the building block they use.
Petabytes on a budget: How to build cheap cloud storage http://blog.backblaze.com/2009/09/01/petabytes-on-a-budget-how-to-build-cheap-cloud-storage/ At Backblaze, we provide unlimited storage to our customers for only $5 per month, so we had to figure out how to store hundreds of petabytes of customer data in a reliable, scalable way—and keep our costs low. After looking at several overpriced commercial solutions, we decided to build our own custom Backblaze Storage Pods: 67 terabyte 4U servers for $7,867. -- Phil Scarratt Draxsen Technologies m: 0403 531 271 -- The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it. - Terry Pratchett -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
