In a recent post, Google provided a glimpse into the architecture of Colossus. Colossus underpins Google’s scalable storage system, which serves both its Google Cloud offerings and Google’s own globally available services such as YouTube, Google Drive, and Gmail. Five separate components compose Colossus – the client library, curators, metadata database, file servers, and custodians. By Eran Stiller
In a recent post, Google provided a glimpse into the architecture of Colossus. Colossus underpins Google’s scalable storage system, which serves both its Google Cloud offerings and Google’s own globally available services such as YouTube, Google Drive, and Gmail. Five separate components compose Colossus – the client library, curators, metadata database, file servers, and custodians.
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