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Yes, but you can still get a lot of storage for that kind of money. 2 billion USD in hard drives = 10 million 4 TB drives = 40 Exabytes = 6 GB per person in th
by johansch 13y ago
Yes, but you can still get a lot of storage for that kind of money.
2 billion USD in hard drives = 10 million 4 TB drives = 40 Exabytes = 6 GB per person in the world
- phy6 13y agoMight as well just manufacture your own hard drives if you want to play this game. Optimized for Accumulo, with built in hardware encryption.
- lucb1e 13y agoIt would be highly ironic if they encrypt data there.
- dakrisht 13y agoWhat makes you guys think they're paying the same price we are for hard drives?? These datacenters are so sophisticated, they are generations beyond the commercial facilities of today. You can imagine the new facility being built will be the cutting-edge, processors and systems years away from commercial use.
- johansch 13y agoRevenue figures for 2012; draw your own conclusions on the feasibility of competing with commodity hardware, even for $2B deployments: Intel: $54B Seagate: $15B WD: $12B