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> revolutionary ... > caching There was a time when Google did more engineering than marketing.
by blackandsqueaky 5y ago
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There was a time when Google did more engineering than marketing.
- watermelon0 5y agoCaching is just part of it, to ensure faster download on nearby nodes, the revolutionary thing is that even 100 GB image can be started in a few seconds, and files streamed when accessed. It's not a new idea, I remember at least one project from a few years ago, which used a modified Docker engine to download accessed files on-the-fly, but this is the first time a cloud provider offers it.