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Technical specification and documentation for BWS IceCubes, a friendly alternative to AWS Snowballs.

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BlazeOS Web Services (BWS)

Hardware

BWS IceCube

⚠️ Important note ⚠️
Hardware is currently unavailable for purchase, due to a lack of funding

( Go to the page for BWS Ice to see other BWS Ice hardware (:octocat: GitHub link) | Go to the page for BWS Hardware to see other BWS hardware (:octocat: GitHub link) )

IceCubes

The BWS IceCube is the second data tier for BWS Ice devices. It comes as a very large external drive. It is in cube format, and can store between 1 and 16 petabytes of data.

Model Capacity Price
BWS IceCube I 1 petabyte Unknown
BWS IceCube II 2 petabytes Unknown
BWS IceCube III 4 petabytes Unknown
BWS IceCube IV 5 petabytes Unknown
BWS IceCube V 6 petabytes Unknown
BWS IceCube VI 8 petabytes Unknown
BWS IceCube VII 10 petabytes Unknown
BWS IceCube VIII 12 petabytes Unknown
BWS IceCube IX 16 petabytes Unknown

Igloo

An igloo is a local datacenter where IceCicles, IceCubes, IceBlocks, and IceBergs are stored. To prevent creating a dependency, the user has the option to go to the data center and retrieve their hardware at any time, although you can also have it shipped to you.

Zamboni

The Zamboni software client is the client for BWS Ice devices. It is written in Java, and allows the maintenance of your storage devices. Unlike Amazons SnowMobiles, the Zamboni client and other tools pre-installed on BWS Ice is purely free software, with no software limitations. You can even install other software on it instead of Zamboni if needed.


Original draft

The original draft for the technology of BWS Ice that helped build this page.

BWS Hardware

BWS IceCicles

Flash drive variant of BWS IceCubes
(variants: 100 terabytes (I) 256 terabytes (II) 512 terabytes (III) 1 petabyte (IV) )

BWS IceCubes

Alternative to AWS Snowballs, designed for less storage
(variants: 1 Petabyte (I) 2 petabytes (II) 4 petabytes (III) 5 petabytes (IV) 6 petabytes (V) 8 petabytes (VI) 10 petabytes (VII) 12 petabytes (VIII) 16 petabytes (IX) )

BWS IceBlocks
Medium-mega data storage
(variants: 1 exabyte (I) 2 exabytes (II) 4 exabytes (III) 5 exabytes (IV) 6 exabytes (V) 8 exabytes (VI) 10 exabytes (VII) 12 exabytes (VIII) 16 exabytes (IX) )

BWS IceBergs
Big data storage
(variants: 1 zettabyte (I) 2 zettabytes (II) 3 zettabytes (III) )


BWS Software for BWS Hardware

BWS Zamboni

Manages all BWS Hardware

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Version 1 (2022, Friday, August 19th at 5:32 pm PST)

This version was made by: @seanpm2001

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  • Started the file
  • Added the title section
  • Added the BWS Ice section
    • Added the BWS IceCubes subsection
    • Added the Igloo subsection
    • Added the Zamboni subsection
  • Added the Original draft section
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