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'''PetaBox''' is a low-cost, high-density, energy efficient data storage unit custom-designed by the staff of the [[Internet Archive]] and [[C. R. Saikley]]. It was originally created to safely store and process one [[petabyte]] (a million |
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gigabytes) of information. The goals and design points were: |
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* Low power: 6 kW per rack, 60 kW for the entire storage cluster |
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* High density: 100+ TB/[[19-inch rack|rack]] |
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* Local computing to process the data (800 low-end PC's) |
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* Multi-OS possible, [[Linux]] standard |
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* [[Colocation centre|Colocation]] friendly |
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* Shipping container friendly: Able to be run in a 20' by 8' by 8' [[shipping container]]. |
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* Easy Maintenance: One [[system administrator]] per petabyte |
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* Software to automate full [[mirror (computing)|mirroring]] |
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* Easy to scale |
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* Inexpensive design |
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* Inexpensive storage |
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The Internet Archive data center now houses approximately three petabytes of PetaBox storage technology and is steadily expanding. |
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== History == |
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The first 100 terabyte rack became operational at the [http://www.eu.archive.org European Archive] |
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in June 2004. The second 80 terabyte rack became operational in San Francisco that same year. |
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The Internet Archive then spun off is PetaBox production to the newly-formed company |
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[[Capricorn Technologies]]. |
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Between 2004 and 2007, Capricorn replicated the Internet Archive's successful deployment of the PetaBox for major [[academic institution]]s, digital preservationists, government agencies, [[high-performance computing]] (HPC) and major research sites, [[medical imaging]] providers, [[digital library|digital image repositories]], [[cloud computing|storage outsourcing]] sites, and other enterprises. |
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== External links == |
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*[http://www.capricorn-tech.com Capricorn Technologies] official site |
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[[Category:Computer enclosure]] |
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[[Category:Server hardware]] |
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