a peek behind the cloud: backblaze ceo discusses cloud storage at dotscale
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WhatWhen
Who
dotScaleApril 2016Gleb Budman, CEO@GlebBudman
http://www.thedotpost.com/2016/05/gleb-budman-a-peek-behind-the-cloud
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Backup Everything Unlimited Just $5/Month
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Amazon S3?$5/Month = 30 GB
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$100 $1000
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Build it?Where to start?
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1. Toss the unnecessary
Essential Non-Essential
99.99%uptime
$$
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2. Use commodity parts – stay away from IT tax
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Server Power Supply Desktop Power SupplyVS
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3. Create prototypes fast – plywood works
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4. Use Agile for HardwareStorage Pod Scrum
Sprint 1
Sprint 2
Sprint “N”
Sprint
“Last”
Testing Testing Testing Testing
Production
The “old” Product Backlog becomes the new one when units go into production
Sprint 1
Testing
Never mind
Product Backlog
Product Backlog
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Backblaze Storage Pod
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Cost of a Petabyte (pod v1.0)
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Storage Pod v6.0
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Vault
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200PETABYTES
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Don’t Panic.
1. Toss the unnecessary2. Avoid IT tax3. Create prototypes fast4. Use Agile for hardware
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Backblaze.com/Storage-Pod@GlebBudman
http://www.thedotpost.com/2016/05/gleb-budman-a-peek-behind-the-cloud