Mark Graham

the material that we have to be as accessible as possible to people so that when people wanted something that wasn't like, oh, we have to go back to the stacks and then find it and then get it. He wanted things to be as immediately available as possible. So spinning disks has been the primary format.

the material that we have to be as accessible as possible to people so that when people wanted something that wasn't like, oh, we have to go back to the stacks and then find it and then get it. He wanted things to be as immediately available as possible. So spinning disks has been the primary format.

And of course, yes, we use a lot of SSDs and a lot of MVMEs and other kind of memory devices for primarily for indexes and caches and things like that.

And of course, yes, we use a lot of SSDs and a lot of MVMEs and other kind of memory devices for primarily for indexes and caches and things like that.

And of course, yes, we use a lot of SSDs and a lot of MVMEs and other kind of memory devices for primarily for indexes and caches and things like that.

So first of all, we own and operate our own data centers. They are physically distributed. So when we write something, we're actually writing it to more than one location for physical reliability. It's north of six hard drives a day.

So first of all, we own and operate our own data centers. They are physically distributed. So when we write something, we're actually writing it to more than one location for physical reliability. It's north of six hard drives a day.

So first of all, we own and operate our own data centers. They are physically distributed. So when we write something, we're actually writing it to more than one location for physical reliability. It's north of six hard drives a day.

I doubt that. Caves have their own challenges. We're looking at some interesting things. Some of us is in an abandoned coal mine in Norway. We participated with GitHub a few years ago in something called the Arctic GitHub Repository. And we are looking at some more exotic recording formats from some special purpose applications.

I doubt that. Caves have their own challenges. We're looking at some interesting things. Some of us is in an abandoned coal mine in Norway. We participated with GitHub a few years ago in something called the Arctic GitHub Repository. And we are looking at some more exotic recording formats from some special purpose applications.

I doubt that. Caves have their own challenges. We're looking at some interesting things. Some of us is in an abandoned coal mine in Norway. We participated with GitHub a few years ago in something called the Arctic GitHub Repository. And we are looking at some more exotic recording formats from some special purpose applications.

But frankly, we think that hard drives are going to be the primary medium that we use for some time into the future. We're constantly evaluating options, but it's a kind of a tried and true and reliable format and process. We know how to handle them. We put them into machines that we rack ourselves and they've been serving us well.

But frankly, we think that hard drives are going to be the primary medium that we use for some time into the future. We're constantly evaluating options, but it's a kind of a tried and true and reliable format and process. We know how to handle them. We put them into machines that we rack ourselves and they've been serving us well.

But frankly, we think that hard drives are going to be the primary medium that we use for some time into the future. We're constantly evaluating options, but it's a kind of a tried and true and reliable format and process. We know how to handle them. We put them into machines that we rack ourselves and they've been serving us well.

Electricity and heat and all the rest of that. Well, I should say, if you come and visit our operation in San Francisco, which you should do sometimes if you haven't, we have several physical locations. We have physical archives in different locations in the United States and also in Canada. But our headquarters building is an old church, a former church of Christian scientists.

Electricity and heat and all the rest of that. Well, I should say, if you come and visit our operation in San Francisco, which you should do sometimes if you haven't, we have several physical locations. We have physical archives in different locations in the United States and also in Canada. But our headquarters building is an old church, a former church of Christian scientists.

Electricity and heat and all the rest of that. Well, I should say, if you come and visit our operation in San Francisco, which you should do sometimes if you haven't, we have several physical locations. We have physical archives in different locations in the United States and also in Canada. But our headquarters building is an old church, a former church of Christian scientists.

and now it's a temple for knowledge. When you come into our building, you'll see how frugal we are. We've kind of left it the way it was when it was a regular kind of church. We don't have air conditioning or our backup generators or anything like that, but we have a lot of hard drives in racks, and we do have some fans.

and now it's a temple for knowledge. When you come into our building, you'll see how frugal we are. We've kind of left it the way it was when it was a regular kind of church. We don't have air conditioning or our backup generators or anything like that, but we have a lot of hard drives in racks, and we do have some fans.

and now it's a temple for knowledge. When you come into our building, you'll see how frugal we are. We've kind of left it the way it was when it was a regular kind of church. We don't have air conditioning or our backup generators or anything like that, but we have a lot of hard drives in racks, and we do have some fans.