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Pankaj Tanwar

I write about System Design & Web Tech. Curious about how things work!

Apr 20, 2021

How does Github store millions of repo and billions of files?

Github is one of the world’s largest code hosting platforms for collaboration and version control. Scale at Github Repository - 200M Repo (Including 30M Public Repo) Active Users - 50M Before directly jumping into data storage, let’s quickly go thr...

pankajtanwar.hashnode.dev4 min read

#github #distributed-system

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Altaf Shaikh

Software Engineer @ Contentstack

what is a smoke service and Chimney ?? Any reference to learn them..google is showing weird results.

Pankaj Tanwar

I write about System Design & Web Tech. Curious about how things work!

Please head over to github.blog/2009-10-20-how-we-made-github-fast

(Under tracing a HTTP request section)

Altaf Shaikh

Software Engineer @ Contentstack

thank you : D Pankaj Tanwar

Eleftheria Batsou

Community Manager | Developer & UX | Youtuber ❤

Wow, I had no idea the numbers of active users and repos were so big!

Thank you for the explanation :)

Pankaj Tanwar

I write about System Design & Web Tech. Curious about how things work!

Glad that you liked it!!!

Jessica Carter

I code and dream. About Life and Health

Really Helpful. Thanks a lot.

Pankaj Tanwar

I write about System Design & Web Tech. Curious about how things work!

Thank you!!!

Sanjay Pandita

I write code, which can be visible on screen(UI).

Very informative.

Pankaj Tanwar

I write about System Design & Web Tech. Curious about how things work!

Thank you very much!! 👏

Edidiong Asikpo (Didi)

Senior Developer Advocate at Ambassador Labs

It feels really good to now know how GitHub stores millions of data. Thanks for sharing this useful information, Pankaj Tanwar. 😀

Pankaj Tanwar

I write about System Design & Web Tech. Curious about how things work!

Thank you Edidiong Asikpo