How to: 16TB Hard Drive Project
From the maker of the Xbox to Mac transformation project comes another superb build. This time, he’s shoved over 16TB of hard drive space within roughly the footprint of a standard shoebox. As usual, he also provided extremely detailed build videos documenting the entire process (watch it below).
The 8 hard drives supply over 16TB of space which is more than adequate for even the most avid data collector. A 120mm single fan keeps the drives functioning at a workable temperature. Power-wise, the unit performs better than you might imagine, using just 90watts under load, writing at a respectable 88MB/s with 266MB/s read speed.
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April 30th, 2010
fantastic video
May 2nd, 2010
really awesome build, too bad nothing close to this avaliable in the market.
I’d only change one this in this box – making the drives either screwless, or toolfree screwes.
May 28th, 2010
Only problem is with the design the hard drives are going to over heat being so close together and having no moving air on them… otherwise a very nice piece o’ kit
May 30th, 2010
They have moving air on them. There is a giant fan in the front of the system.