tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503292949532760618.post7038036328145840012..comments2024-03-28T13:39:27.601-07:00Comments on DSHR's Blog: Talk at FAST BoFDavid.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14498131502038331594noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503292949532760618.post-42143915634692345222014-02-21T09:13:28.451-08:002014-02-21T09:13:28.451-08:00I'm curious to hear your thoughts on Facebook&...I'm curious to hear your thoughts on Facebook's plan to use Blu-Ray as a long-term storage solution (http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/01/why-facebook-thinks-blu-ray-discs-are-perfect-for-the-data-center/). My instinct is that optical is too fragile, too difficult to copy, and too low I/O to make it a worthwhile medium, even with the cost savings of being able to truly run cold. I'm also a bit unsure of overprovisioning less with BD-R, given optical's historically poor stability.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09211638799481550666noreply@blogger.com