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Backblaze says that they are storing more than an Exabyte of data - freeradical - 08-22-2020
miley-excited001:What in the world do they store all of this data on, how big is their data storage facility, how much air conditioning do they need, what's their electrical power bill...
Re: Backblaze says that they are storing more than an Exabyte of data - sekker - 08-22-2020
I know facebook was installing a set of servers in northern Sweden to avoid AC bills...
Re: Backblaze says that they are storing more than an Exabyte of data - rgG - 08-22-2020
Finally, a way to monetize Antarctica.
Re: Backblaze says that they are storing more than an Exabyte of data - Speedy - 08-22-2020
rgG wrote:
Finally, a way to monetize Antarctica.
Iceland.
Re: Backblaze says that they are storing more than an Exabyte of data - Acer - 08-22-2020
That's a lot of p*rn.
Re: Backblaze says that they are storing more than an Exabyte of data - Don C - 08-22-2020
But wouldn't all that the heat generated in Iceland contribute to ice pack melting?
Re: Backblaze says that they are storing more than an Exabyte of data - GGD - 08-22-2020
That's an awful lot of porn.
Re: Backblaze says that they are storing more than an Exabyte of data - August West - 08-23-2020
"storing" might not mean sitting on spinning drives.
Re: Backblaze says that they are storing more than an Exabyte of data - freeradical - 08-23-2020
August West wrote:
"storing" might not mean sitting on spinning drives.
This is kind of what I was getting at. Backblaze says that you can directly download any file that is 30 MB or smaller. This means that they must store a ton of stuff on hard drives. Does the rest get stored on
Re: Backblaze says that they are storing more than an Exabyte of data - Acer - 08-23-2020
If they get cracked, the odds of the perp or his buyers coming across my stuff in that massive blob of data is getting smaller every day!