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Non Life Sciences => Geek Speak => Topic started by: ScientificBoyZClub on 26/11/2009 15:22:26

Title: What is the total size of YOUTUBE server ? How it can accept lots of videos ?
Post by: ScientificBoyZClub on 26/11/2009 15:22:26
What is the total size of YOUTUBE  server ? How  it can accept lots of videos ?

youtube is really great.
it even expanding it's servers ....

How does it maintains back ups ? if whole server gets crashed ??

How much time it takes for youtube people to scan all the stuff for virus and spy wares ??

How MUCH MORE it can accept ??

Which website having largest web space ever ?
Title: Re: What is the total size of YOUTUBE server ? How it can accept lots of videos ?
Post by: ScientificBoyZClub on 02/12/2009 09:24:31
Why did I post this ?
Title: Re: What is the total size of YOUTUBE server ? How it can accept lots of videos ?
Post by: neilep on 02/12/2009 11:37:02
Quote from: ScientificBoyZClub on 02/12/2009 09:24:31
Why did I post this ?

Is this a quiz ?

I give up....ewe tell us !
Title: Re: What is the total size of YOUTUBE server ? How it can accept lots of videos ?
Post by: latebind on 02/12/2009 16:23:33
Youtube does not work off a single server.

In their server network, I would assume they have around 10 - 20 exabytes worth of video.



Title: Re: What is the total size of YOUTUBE server ? How it can accept lots of videos ?
Post by: nicephotog on 03/12/2009 06:06:02
Yes thats right, only that much space.
Youtube only stores publicisable video not pornographic ones so it only requires little space.
Title: Re: What is the total size of YOUTUBE server ? How it can accept lots of videos ?
Post by: latebind on 03/12/2009 14:59:58
Quote from: nicephotog on 03/12/2009 06:06:02
Yes thats right, only that much space.
Youtube only stores publicisable video not pornographic ones so it only requires little space.

A single exabyte is huge, to have between 10 and 20 is a very large amount of space.
Title: Re: What is the total size of YOUTUBE server ? How it can accept lots of videos ?
Post by: chris on 04/12/2009 08:58:56
What is an exabyte?!
Title: Re: What is the total size of YOUTUBE server ? How it can accept lots of videos ?
Post by: latebind on 04/12/2009 10:56:26
Quote from: chris on 04/12/2009 08:58:56
What is an exabyte?!

Hi Chris!

An exabyte is a billion gigabytes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exabyte

If you are interested in large storage, also see....
zettabyte http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zetabyte
yottabyte http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yottabyte


There are also references of larger sizes such as zebibyte and yobibyte, but these are very far away from being real as all the data on the internet is less than a zettabyte currently.