180TB of Good Vibrations – Storage Pod 3.0
I think it's worth (re)reading this comment on the original Storage Pod from several years ago:<p><a href="http://www.c0t0d0s0.org/archives/5899-Some-perspective-to-this-DIY-storage-server-mentioned-at-Storagemojo.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.c0t0d0s0.org/archives/5899-Some-perspective-to-th...</a><p>I have essentially have all of the same questions for Storage Pod 3.0 -- and in particular, what does the software stack look like?  (This config is absolutely begging for ZFS, but I have a haunting feeling that something janky is afoot upstack.)  I would also be curious as to the specific nature of failures that have been seen with the deployed architecture.  Have the concerns from three years ago proven to be alarmist or prescient?<p>That said:  I think it's very valuable to get configs like this out there for public discussion -- and I think it might be inspiring us (Joyent) to similarly publicly discuss our own high density storage config...