Google sends reporter a GIF instead of a 'no comment'

Re:Google sends reporter a GIF instead of a 'no comment' by probably_wrong on Thursday March 26, 2015 @07:03AM (#9268776)

Those that already read the "What If?" section might want to jump to 7:10, which is when he explains what happens after he publishes the article about punchcards[1]. I mean, it's a nice talk, and if you haven't read the article then totally watch it, but as I already read it...

[1] http://what-if.xkcd.com/63/

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Re:Google sends reporter a GIF instead of a 'no comment' by throwawayaway on Thursday March 26, 2015 @07:26AM (#9268828)

why are google the largest user of tape drives?

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Re:Google sends reporter a GIF instead of a 'no comment' by joshuapants on Thursday March 26, 2015 @07:35AM (#9268852)

They have a lot of data, which means they have a lot of data to back up. Tape drives are still the go-to method for backing up huge amounts of data.

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Re:Google sends reporter a GIF instead of a 'no comment' by throwawayaway on Thursday March 26, 2015 @07:49AM (#9268881)

for paranoia reasons i thought they were using it for permanent storage.

maybe they are using it for some sort of rolling backup.

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Re:Google sends reporter a GIF instead of a 'no comment' by eitally on Thursday March 26, 2015 @09:27AM (#9269353)

Rolling backup is at least one use case. This is why they only guarantee data destruction after 180 days (at least per the last document I read about it) for Apps customers.

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Re:Google sends reporter a GIF instead of a 'no comment' by us0r on Thursday March 26, 2015 @10:23AM (#9269794)

"How Google Backs Up the Internet"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNliOm9NtCM

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Re:Google sends reporter a GIF instead of a 'no comment' by throwawayaway on Thursday March 26, 2015 @12:09PM (#9270672)

claims google play music doesn't use deduplication for legal reasons. holy shit.

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