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6th September 2009 - Link Blog

Petabytes on a budget: How to build cheap cloud storage. Explains how Backblaze can operate an unlimited backup service for five dollars a month—their custom storage hardware stores 67 terabytes for $7,867.

Posted 6th September 2009 at 9:27 pm

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