Google as Net Hard Drive
August 30, 2004
Jeremy points out that the new GmailFS hack makes it possible to turn Gmail into a giant hard drive, Slashdot chews through the implications....
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Greg Linden has also been reviewing GmailFS and suggests that Google's cluster is probably more suited to platform application delivery as opposed to backup - its worth a read.
Another line for the fstab
Have Greg Linden check out this HD application i've been developing...
www.gmailharddrive.com
to try it out go to:
www.gmailharddrive.com/beta/
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