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“How Backblaze Buys Hard Drives”
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/how-backblaze-buys-hard-drives/
“As the person on staff ultimately responsible for sourcing the drives
our data centers need to run—some 117,658 by his last count—Ariel knows
a thing or two about purchasing petabytes-worth of storage. So we asked
him to share his insights on the evaluation and purchasing process here
at Backblaze. While we’re buying at a slightly larger volume than some
of you might be, we hope you find Ariel’s approach useful and that
you’ll share your own drive purchasing philosophies in the comments below.”
That is a lot of hard drives.
Lynn
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