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BioTeam
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BioTeam is the company blog at bioteam.net, writing about data, science and systems. Since 2011, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “135 Terabytes for $12,000”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-28, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked for a series on the Backblaze 2.0 storage pod, covering its data throughput and the real-world costs of building a 135 terabyte storage system for about $12,000.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
A scientific IT consulting company at the intersection of science, data and technology, BioTeam is relentlessly focused on closing the gap between what scientists want to do with data—and what they can do.
Most-linked posts?
- /2011/08/real-world-backblaze-costs/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-10-11
- 135 Terabytes for $12,0002 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-10-11
What Hacker News says?
"The backblaze 2.0 pod has exceeded expectations when it comes to data movement and throughput. We get near wire-speed performance across a single Gigabit Ethernet link." - http://bioteam.net/2011/08/backblaze-performance/ Oh my. These guys' expectations were very, very wrong. Many single-drive configurations can sustain 120MB/s+ at the beginning of the platter. A single drive! It should be no surprise that a 45-dri…
Comment linking /2011/08/backblaze-performance/
on “135 Terabytes for $12,000”Submitted 135 Terabytes for $12,000 as a story · 158 points
HN discussionYou need to go back to the top of the page (not the "related posts" at the bottom ... >_>) and find part 3: http://bioteam.net/2011/08/real-world-backblaze-costs/ Projected cost from Backblaze was $7384, for drives at $120 each and other parts sourced in quantity. A lot of the expense for these guys came from the $5400 everything-but-the-drives kit from Protocase. The drives were more expensive because a certain mod…
Comment linking /2011/08/real-world-backblaze-costs/
on “135 Terabytes for $12,000”Submitted Exposing your iRODS data as AWS S3 object storage with Minio as a story · 3 points
HN discussionThe prices are entirely laid out in part 3, titled "Real World Backblaze Costs". http://bioteam.net/2011/08/real-world-backblaze-costs/
Comment linking /2011/08/real-world-backblaze-costs/
on “135 Terabytes for $12,000”Submitted Why you should never build a backblaze pod: BioTeam as a story · 3 points
HN discussion
