I know the "Big Ten" web companies (Google, Facebook, etc) are currently pushing for 800Gbps optics.
Makes sense. On Mar 1, 2017 11:12 AM, "Mike Hammett" <[email protected]> wrote: > They don't transcode live, IIRC, so they have each resolution and quality > version stored as well. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a rack per day > of non-redundant storage just for YouTube. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Nate Burke" <[email protected]> > *To: *"Animal Farm" <[email protected]> > *Sent: *Wednesday, March 1, 2017 11:08:15 AM > *Subject: *[AFMUG] OT: Youtube Data Storage > > I was reading an article the other day that referenced that youtube > users upload 400 hours of video every minute, or 65 years of video every > day. Is my math right in showing that at an average of 2.5mb/s for the > video size, that's 600 TB of data per day being uploaded? Given > redundant copies being made, Youtube is bringing online over a Petabyte > per day of storage. > > Since I've only been involved with Small businesses, wrapping my head > around this amount of storage and $$ is hard. > > Realizing that Google is custom, I'll use Backblaze for some math. > Backblaze will do 45 drives in 4U@600w power draw 47U rack height = 11 > 4U boxes = 495HD /rack If they're 8tb drives, that's 4PB/rack. If > Google is paying 1/2 retail cost for drives, that's $175/drive, or $90k > per rack (+ Hardware) 6.6kw power draw (+ Cooling). > > So every 4 Days, they spend $100k in Hardware, and increases their > electric bill by 8kw? > > I guess when you're dealing with Billions of Dollars, a $100k every > couple days' isn't such a big deal. > >
