Backblaze Pods and You: A Primer
john fink
@adr
github.com/jbfink
john.fink@gmail.com
Who is Backblaze?
What is the Backblaze Pod?
What is the Backblaze Pod?
- it's a box...
- ...filled with desktop drives...
- ...software RAID...
- ...and a computer.
Why is the Backblaze Pod?
note: these are 2009 prices
But it's open source?
Why us?
- we're a library...
- ...we create *lots* of data...
- ...some of which we want to keep local, for reasons...
- ...and our outside connection is...lacking...
- ...and we're cheapskates.
red box
- Backblaze pod v2
- ~115T usable space
- ~$14k CAD
yellow box
- Backblaze pod v4
- ~155T usable space
- ~$17k CAD
what do we do now with it?
- Docker containers
- Minecraft servers
- Archival backup
- Random SMB shares
what will we be doing?
- Owncloud
- Historical catalogue data
- ...
Questions?