I just uploaded a file on a ‘gig’ website for some help in cleaning up some audio from an interview that I did. The amount of data on those servers has to be overwhelming and that got me thinking… do we just keep making more storage? Where does all of that data go and do we just plan on storing that stuff indefinitely?
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Your files are stored on servers – which are just computers made to process data and store it. Somewhere in the depths of a data center (think massive room full of computers in racks) there is that embarrassing video that you made a decade ago that you just haven’t deleted yet.
If you want more storage, you just add more hardware – like extra servers and more storage.
As an extra: With current predictions we reckon that at some point we will have too much data to be able to store it on current technologies. For this reason, some companies – including Microsoft – are working on storing data in glass using light.
Really cool stuff.
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