I Built a HUGE 336TB Server Without Linus Tech Tips!

Is it possible to build a 1/3 petabyte server on a budget? We say, YES!

Massive thanks to:

As a video production company, we needed to find a better way to store, archive, and edit our footage across multiple machines. Since we're unable to shell out more than $40,000 on a LumaForge Jellyfish, we decided to build our own instead using old enterprise PC hardware. The end result? A 336TB server (that's 1/3 of a petabyte!) for less than $15,000 total—and most of that was the cost of the hard drives! It's crazy fast, we can communicate over 10 GbE, and edit directly from the server!

[jarboer]

Hey at least Linus won’t have the chance to drop it.

[austinevans]

You're giving me some ideas here with our server build...

[karehaqt]

Is it possible to build a 1/3 petabyte server on a budget? It is if you get 24 14TB HDDs for free.

[maxileith]

"I used Ironwolf HDDs for years"
A few minutes earlier: "I used only Samsung T5 in the past."

[ratuldeoun]

Damn, the fact that you clearly stated without Linus Tech Tips really makes it more hilarious 👏😂.

[iBDWR]

finally i can store billions of meme compilations in 8k 60fps

[notawildthingy]

Hahaha! "I didnt need Linus Tech Tips" . . . I called Wendell. Also, FreeNAS for the win!!

[dxbot]

* reads title *
Wait... That’s illegal!
...
I’m intrigued!

[sGamer]

*Reads title: Built a HUGE 336TB Server...
Oh hello again Linus
*Without Linus Tech Tips!*
:(

[Drummer]

If Seagate gave me $11, 000 worth of drives, I'd be recommending them too. Jokes aside, that's pretty neat.

[cake]

Linus: makes 100 terabyte server
Snazzy Labs: *hold my broken iMac*

[szirsp]

"on a budget"... if you get sponsored with $12 000 worth of hard drives

[riskybus]

0:07 Jesus Quin, y'all used to look like Jeremy Clarkson

[burnzy]

really cool setup but i know from experience that 60 seconds is NOT enough time to shutdown servers, you're gonna want to get a bigger UPS

[jefgirdler]

Derek's not short, Quinn's just a monolith of a man

[EposVox]

Good stuff.. a full built one like this is my next project - I just live in an apartment and need to keep it silent, which makes things complicated.

[kalaskrille]

Normal people: "Cool video"
People in IT "OMG did he just say 'Pro-Leant'"

[drsenseihugo]

Literally anyone that doesn't do what Linus wants:
Linus: Am I a joke to you?

[DragoonDark]

My grandson is going to have a 14TB phone..

[zollotech]

Great video and thank you for not saying NIC card...Great timing to as I was wondering about these drives and was going to pick up two of them today.