New Site Launched - UKblazers
Well, I went and launched a site to get some ideas down for getting some Backblaze Storage Pods in the EU and what to do in the software stack to get robust file and block level storage ontop of those bricks.
It is over at http://ukblazers.com, a blog and a wiki.
Someone else had started around the same time so there is a discussion group for people interested in taking the design forward. My priority at the moment is to test the port multipliers in FreeBSD and OpenSolaris, get solid pricing for the case and get a consortium of serious people to make a purchase of them in bulk.