Backblaze Storage Pod 6.0 puts 60 3.5" drives in 4U of space
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Cloud storage and backup company Backblaze is becoming a household name among enthusiasts these days. The company annually releases one of the only high-count hard disk reliability reports available, based on all of the SMART data and failure history of its drives. Backblaze uses consumer hard drives in custom high-density enclosures to achieve its redundancy and uptime requirements. Today, the company announced the next version of this custom enclosure: the Storage Pod 6.0. This rackmount chassis crams 60 3.5" SATA disks into four rack units.
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