Before 45Drives became its own company, its sister company, Protocase, began working with Backblaze, a cloud storage provider. Backblaze prototyped a large, wooden open design storage pod and engaged the services of Protocase to help bring their concept to reality. As a result, they had a functioning storage pod made from cold-rolled steel ready for their data centers within a year.…
Before we dive into why we decided to use direct-wired architecture - let's talk about what direct-wired actually is. So, what is a direct-wired architecture? In a server with direct-wired architecture, there is a 1 to 1 connection for the drive to the system with the full throughput of each drive in the server. The drives connect through a card called…
Before 45Drives became its own company, its sister company, Protocase, began working with Backblaze, a cloud storage provider. Backblaze prototyped a large, wooden open design storage pod and engaged the services of Protocase to help bring their concept to reality. As a result, they had a functioning storage pod made from cold-rolled steel ready for their data centers within a year.…
IT professionals in law enforcement agencies are facing a time of unprecedented change and uncertainty. There is significant growth in the amount of digital forensic data with an increasingly scrutinized chain of custody requirements. There is also a massive growth in the amount of body cam and dashcam data that needs to be stored. The fact is, this data must…
The rumors are true, we made some changes to the Storinator. If you follow Linus Tech Tip you may have seen the new version of the Storinator in this video. But don't worry, we kept all the things you love about it – we just gave it a huge upgrade. Here’s a quick look at the new Storinator redesign, some…
When most people use S3 (Simple Storage Service), the first thing they think about is Amazon Cloud Storage. However, the S3 protocol is actually used in many places outside of AWS. S3 is used for interfacing with object storage over a network, by using buckets, keys, and operations. One example is how Ceph implements it via its RADOS Gateways (RGW).…
We're back this week with another Tuesday Tech Tip! Today it's all about the Cloud. Our lead engineer Brett Kelly, talks about the differences between cloud computing and cloud storage. He even tells us how we can build our own publicly accessible cloud using the tools and infrastructure you may already have! Check it below. As always - your feedback…
The Storinator Buying Guide is available to help you determine what size Storinator you need for your data storage solution. In this part of the guide (part 2), we will discuss considerations to make based on your use case. Note: As always, the best way to find an answer to any question you have during the purchasing process is by…
Determining what storage application works best for you can be a difficult task. Luckily, we have an amazing support team and plenty of great resources to help you get the right 45Drives storage solution for your specific needs. If you need storage, are out of storage, or running out of storage but are unsure what you need – this guide…
How do you choose the right RAID configuration? Our 45Drives engineers are here to help answer that question! Check out this week's Tuesday Tech Tip to find out the 5 main aspects to consider when choosing your RAID levels. Hey everyone, Mitch here from 45Drives. Welcome back to our weekly tech tip series, today we are going to be talking about…