> GFS/Colossus is a per-cluster filesystem capable of read and append only. It is very much NOT generic and only supports custom applications.
For the most part, google only has custom applications.
Just about everything is written in-house, and takes advantage of things like being able to open a file from the local disk file just as easily as opening one in Colossus or their equivalent of Zookeeper.
For the most part, google only has custom applications. Just about everything is written in-house, and takes advantage of things like being able to open a file from the local disk file just as easily as opening one in Colossus or their equivalent of Zookeeper.