4 Oct
2005
4 Oct
'05
2:37 p.m.
On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 11:04:32 -0400, John Peacock jpeacock@rowman.com writes:
I suspect GMail is based on SQL... ;-)
As I understand, it is built on GoogleFS and Google's map/reduce algorithm for eliminating duplicated storage. There are also some interesting FOSS hashing implementations optimized for things that smells like message headers.
"Making digital data less copyable is like making water less wet." -- Cory Doctorow