Month: April 2014

Scaling the Facebook data warehouse to 300 PB

Scaling the Facebook data warehouse to 300 PB

At Facebook, we have unique storage scalability challenges when it comes to our data warehouse. Our warehouse stores upwards of 300 PB of Hive data, with an incoming daily rate of about 600 TB. In the last year, the warehouse has seen a 3x growth in the amount of data stored. Given this growth trajectory, storage efficiency is and will continue to be a focus for our warehouse infrastructure.

Longreads: The best long-form stories on the web

Longreads: The best long-form stories on the web

Longreads, founded in 2009, is dedicated to helping people find and share the best storytelling in the world, including both nonfiction and fiction.

Longreads are defined as anything over 1,500 words. They’re stories that are best enjoyed away from your desk — whether it’s on a daily commute, an airplane, a subway, or your couch.

Longreads features stories from hundreds of the best writers and publishers on the web, as well as exclusive stories never before published online.

7 habits of highly successful Unix admins

7 habits of highly successful Unix admins

  1. Don’t wait for problems to find you
  2. Know your tools and your systems
  3. Prioritize, prioritize, prioritize
  4. Perform post mortems,  but don’t get lost in them
  5. Document your work
  6. Fix the problem AND explain
  7. Make time for yourself