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Quote: Google's scalable distributed file system was designed for frequent component failure and huge, append-only files

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Topic:
examples of distributed systems and applications
Topic:
reliability of distributed systems
Topic:
read-only and write-once file systems
Topic:
log-structured file system
Topic:
information hiding
Topic:
interface between program modules

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We have designed and implemented the Google File … [GFS] … running on inexpensive commodity hardware, and it delivers … [p. 1] First, component failures are the norm rather … Second, files are huge by traditional standards. Multi-GB … Third, most files are mutated by appending new … Fourth, co-designing [Google's] applications and the file system … [p. 2] The largest [GFS systems] have over 1000 storage … distinct machines on a continuous basis.   Google-1   Google-2

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Quote: Google co-designed its applications and file system API

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