May 30, 2025 · 7 min read · As backend engineers, we often face challenges of efficiently managing and processing large volumes of data. One of the critical components in this ecosystem is the distributed file system. In this article, I'll explore two popular distributed file s...
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May 24, 2024 · 10 min read · Data in the Cloud Data in the cloud refers to storing, managing, and accessing data over the internet through cloud computing platforms. Cloud computing offers a flexible, scalable, and cost-effective solution for handling data, reducing the need for...
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Jan 29, 2024 · 6 min read · Google File System(GFS) is a Distributed File System(DFS) developed by Google Inc. to handle the enormous amount of data they gather. GFS uses commodity hardware, which is the most interesting, cost-effective, and reliable approach, as discussed in o...
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May 12, 2023 · 10 min read · 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 ...
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