Re:Petabytes on a budget: How to build cheap cloud storage
by Andys on Wednesday September 02, 2009 @03:28AM
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In sysadmin terms, they have aimed for data integrity over availability.
If a system goes down and they have to replace a disk or a power supply or motherboard, the data is still safe, and if by chance there's any $5/month users who need to restore data held on that one unit, well they can wait a few hours :-)
If a system goes down and they have to replace a disk or a power supply or motherboard, the data is still safe, and if by chance there's any $5/month users who need to restore data held on that one unit, well they can wait a few hours :-)