Published on: 2025-05-03 14:05:30
The above image shows the steps that are taken to append data to a file. The application opens the file in append mode. The Colossus Curator constructs a handle and sends it to the Colossus Client running in-process, which caches the handle. The application issues a write call for an arbitrary-sized log entry to the Colossus Client. The Colossus Client, using the disk addresses in the handle, writes the log entry in parallel to all the disks. Rapid Storage builds on Colossus’s stateful protoco
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Editor's take: In Colossus: The Forbin Project, an advanced supercomputer becomes sentient and enslaves humankind. Colossus is also the name of the storage platform where almost all of Google's internet services reside. Though we don't know if the company took direct inspiration from the classic sci-fi movie, the connotations are still present. In a recent blog post, Google revealed some of the "secrets" hiding behind Colossus, a massive network infrastructure the company describes as its unive
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