I know memory is fairly cheap but e.g. there are millions of new videos on youtube everyday, each probably few hundred MBs to few GBs. It all has to take enormous amount of space. Not to mention backups.

  • mangomission@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Do you have a source? My instinct is the opposite. Compute scales with users but storage scales with videos

    • SHITPOSTING_ACCOUNT@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      Consider two cases:

      • the most recent MrBeast video receiving millions of views from all kinds of devices (some of which require specific formats)
      • a random video of a cat uploaded 5 years ago, total view count: 3

      Design a system that optimizes for total cost.