Tuesday, 30. September 2003
Topic: - on September 30, 2003 at 1:16:43 PM CEST
Google File System paper
First, component failures are the norm rather than the exception. The file system consists of hundreds or even thousands of storage machines built from inexpensive commodity parts and is accessed by a comparable number of client machines. The quantity and quality of the components virtually guarantee that some are not functional at any given time and some will not recover from their current failures.
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