This feature was very important to us because the nature of our e-mail database is such that we have a trillion tiny data files, a system which is less than ideal for a file-based storage system. The files are poorly positioned to do any streaming onto tape. -Jeff Berliner

 

This feature was very important to us because the nature of our e-mail database is such that we have a trillion tiny data files, a system which is less than ideal for a file-based storage system. The files are poorly positioned to do any streaming onto tape.


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This quote is just one of 4 total Jeff Berliner quotes in our collection. Jeff Berliner is known for saying 'This feature was very important to us because the nature of our e-mail database is such that we have a trillion tiny data files, a system which is less than ideal for a file-based storage system. The files are poorly positioned to do any streaming onto tape.' as well as some of the following quotes.

This feature was very important to us because the nature of our e-mail database is such that we have a trillion tiny data files, a system which is less than ideal for a file-based storage system. The files are poorly positioned to do any streaming onto tape.

Jeff Berliner
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In retrospect, that was a big error in our thinking.

Jeff Berliner
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We placed few restrictions on people. Faculty had freedom to conduct their research and had few IT policies to think about. -Jeff Berliner
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The upside to the disk problem was that we recovered the old system to the SAN.

Jeff Berliner
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