When Pixel Qi and Backblaze and a few other start up the open hardware race I think we will see some interesting disruptive forces.
"What if I told you that you could build a petabyte-sized cluster for around $120,000?
Now compare that to a couple of million dollars via a storage company like EMC Corp. or a server maker such as Sun Microsystems."
http://gigaom.com/2009/09/01/open-source-hardware/
They actually sell very cheap back-up too: "Hassle free back up for $5/Month Unlimited
$5 per month per computer (or get two months free by purchasing a year for $50!)"
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