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why are google the largest user of tape drives?

• joshuapants 12y ago
  They have a lot of data, which means they have a lot of data to back up. Tape drives are still the go-to method for backing up huge amounts of data.
  • throwawayaway 12y ago
    for paranoia reasons i thought they were using it for permanent storage. maybe they are using it for some sort of rolling backup.
    • eitally 12y ago
      Rolling backup is at least one use case. This is why they only guarantee data destruction after 180 days (at least per the last document I read about it) for Apps customers.
• us0r 12y ago
  "How Google Backs Up the Internet" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNliOm9NtCM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNliOm9NtCM
  • throwawayaway 12y ago
    claims google play music doesn't use deduplication for legal reasons. holy shit.