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There is opensource software (via OpenStack) to run a distributed blob store like this at scale. My guess is Apple just doesn't want the hassle of dealing with
by dillona 15y ago
There is opensource software (via OpenStack) to run a distributed blob store like this at scale.
My guess is Apple just doesn't want the hassle of dealing with it and/or this is temporary while they get their hardware set up
- cageface 15y agoThat's like saying that Google's prowess with map-reduce is irrelevant because we also have Hadoop. This stuff is very hard to get right and nobody does it better than Google.