This is so cool, and it's awesome that they're doing this. Backblaze is essentially getting "free" waste disposal but is giving back to the community in doing so. This fosters a lot of goodwill.<p>Unfortunately I'm nowhere near California, so I'm a bit jealous. Does anyone know of any companies that do this on the east coast? I'd love "free" abandoned hardware.
Oh boy. Gonna have a huge RSVP line. I can't believe they thought these would last eight hours considering they only have about 200 or so from what employees are saying. There will be a line around the block for 24 hours if they don't do a form / queue / lottery. The components (without drives) cost about $1500-2000 each.
I'd love to grab one. Problem is, in the absence of any disclaimer such as "Max 2 per person", I'm expecting some asshole opportunist to camp out and take a pallet full to re-sell on eBay.
Hoooooooo boy I live 6 miles away from the pickup. I think I’ll swing by and try to grab one. No idea what I’ll do with it but I’m sure I’ll find something.
Wow this is really tempting for me to make the trek down from Portland. I run a storniator which is pretty similar to their 3.0 pods and the thing is a beast.