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Solidifying the Cloud: How Google Backs up the Internet

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Summary

Raymond Blum discusses some of the challenges, solutions and discarded alternatives in creating durable storage systems at Google scale.

Bio

Raymond Blum leads a team of Site Reliability Engineers charged with keeping Google's and its users data safe and durable. Prior to coming to Google he was the IT director for a hedge fund after spending a few lifetimes developing systems at HBO and on Wall Street. In his meager spare time he indulges his interests in robotics and visualization and reads too much science fiction.

About the conference

Software is Changing the World. QCon empowers software development by facilitating the spread of knowledge and innovation in the developer community. A practitioner-driven conference, QCon is designed for technical team leads, architects, engineering directors, and project managers who influence innovation in their teams.

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Oct 26, 2014

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