Hi Jason,
http://blog.backblaze.com/2009/09/01/petabytes-on-a-budget-how
-to-build-cheap-cloud-storage/
and
http://cleanenergy.harvard.edu/index.php?ira=Jabba&tipoConteni
do=sidebar&sidebar=science
Distrubing, I was on the same pages a few hours ago.
The Internet is a small place!
BackBlaze actually send me the Harvard link when I inquired. They also told me they are coming out with an updated article based upon new specs, etc. They are not sure when it will be available.
- Would CentOS be a good choice? I have never used CentOS on
a device so massive. Just ordinary servers, so to speak. I assume that it could handle so many drives, a large, expanding file system.
Multiple file systems of GFS?
I don't quite know if file systems like this are avail for CentOS? I dont see it when I install, at least IIRC.
I will ned to research GFS more.
-Jason