Ever wondered how to build a cheap cloud storage ?

The good folks at backbalze has a detaied article on how they made there own custom Backblaze Storage Pods  67 terabyte 4U servers for $7,867.

In this post, we’ll share how to make one of these storage pods, and you’re welcome to use this design. Our hope is that by sharing, others can benefit and, ultimately, refine this concept and send improvements back to us. Evolving and lowering costs is critical to our continuing success at Backblaze