@Colby3316 I have been doing similar research. so far I was able to find a hardware that can take upto 60 drives or 45. if you have 10TB hard drive then you can get 600TB in a single unit.
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backuppods with 60 drives. https://backuppods.com/collections/backblaze-storage-pod-6-0/products/backblaze-storage-pod-6-0-kit-60-drive-480tb-storage-server
if you use 60 drives of 8TB then you get 480TB or 10TB in which you get 600TB. -
this is a more expensive powerful hardware. I think this one is not very cost effective. It would take you forever to reach break-even point with current price.
http://www.45drives.com/products/storinator-xl60-configurations.php
I have contacted the company and it will cost you around 5,500 for the 8TB with 60 drives and two unites of the hardware itself. -
I think you can use a regular motherboard with a really good GPU. I think you can have upto 500TB with adding extra PCIe and USB3 hubs. I am still researching on this. We can help each other and find the most cost effective solution.
we need to know below points.
- Cheapest motherboard that can support multiple PCIe
- Good CPU that can support 500TB
- A good GPU like AMD 480 "thanks for @luxe for this information"
- HDD, 7200RPM or 5400RPM?
- I think to speed up the plotting you need 64GB of RAM.