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Facebook's photo storage rewrite
This week Facebook will complete its roll-out of a new photo storage system designed to reduce the social network's reliance on expensive proprietary solutions from NetApp and Akamai. The new large blob storage system, named Haystack, is a custom-built file system solution for the over 850 million photos uploaded to…
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Systems & PerformanceDatabases & Data2009
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 2009 | Facebook's photo storage rewrite by sr3d | 60 | 12 |
