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by dylan604 1081 days ago
What does this have to do with building software? This is something submitted on a form for hardware for a capex
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If you think you’re gonna organize that many bits and not lose them for centuries at a time, you’re seriously underestimating the need for data replication and error correction algorithms, first of all.
Again, that's a hardware storage solution's problem. Adjust the parity level in the filesystem. Unless you're writing the requirements for building the software for a storage platform.
… yes, that is in fact the point