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# [The Google File System - Case Study](https://samuel-sorial.hashnode.dev/the-google-file-system-case-study?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Introduction The Google file system's main goal is to support their applications' workload. Which affected their design decisions, they implemented what they actually need, rather than the de-facto distributed file system. There are 4 main different ...

May 12, 2023 · 10 min read · samuel-sorial.hashnode.dev  
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[May 13, 2023](https://hashnode.com/posts/the-google-file-system-case-study/645da4db1bd40349280a5268/comment/645f5b50d8bff688bc844f69)

harika

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[May 12, 2023](https://hashnode.com/posts/the-google-file-system-case-study/645da4db1bd40349280a5268/comment/645e7047d66e767ec95acbf6)

Insightful. Pleasure reading this. Keep more coming!