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The video by Linus Media Group addresses a critical storage issue involving the lack of geo-redundancy for their extensive media back catalog, which encompasses 370 terabytes. They explore various economical solutions to back up their data despite bandwidth limitations.
Initially, they consider traditional hard drives and tape storage, revealing the high initial costs of tape systems. Cloud storage options like AWS Glacier are examined, but the fees associated with storing and retrieving data are deemed too high, particularly in emergencies.
The group then investigates enterprise solutions from Google, Microsoft, and Backblaze. They attempt to use Google’s supposedly unlimited storage but find it impractical due to a daily upload limit of 750 gigabytes, which would take years to back up their data.
To overcome this, they develop a workaround using multiple G Suite accounts, which effectively bypasses the daily upload cap and optimizes their upload output to about four terabytes per week, achieving a cost-effective backup strategy with a monthly fee of $70 and no upfront costs. Despite the potential risk of Google disallowing this method, it proves to be an affordable and efficient solution.
The video concludes with a sponsorship promotion for Ting, emphasizing customer service and competitive pricing, and encourages viewers to engage with the channel through subscriptions, likes, and visits to their merch store and community forum.
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In this segment of the video, the presenter discusses a significant storage issue faced by the Linus Media Group despite their successful deployment of a petabyte project for archival storage. The primary concern is the lack of geo-redundancy, posing a risk of losing their entire media back catalog in case of a fire or natural disaster. To address this, they seek an economical solution to back up their 370 terabytes of stored data and future additions. They consider different backup methods but are limited by their internet bandwidth, despite having a symmetric gigabit connection. One proposed solution involves building a local storage setup using their 10-gigabit network and then shipping it off-site. However, the cost of purchasing additional servers and storage drives is a major hurdle, potentially nearing $70,000 USD.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses various data storage solutions, starting with the elimination of hard drives and considering tape storage. They mention the cost of a tape library system and its high capacity, but also note the high upfront expense. Then they explore cloud storage options, specifically Amazon Web Services (AWS) Glacier. The cost of storing and retrieving data from AWS is highlighted, revealing that monthly costs can be significant and additional fees apply for data retrieval. The speaker critiques the high costs associated with cloud solutions, especially in emergency scenarios.
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In this part of the video, the discussion centers around the feasibility of using enterprise solutions from companies like Google, Microsoft, and Backblaze for data storage. The speaker explores Google’s unlimited storage offer and sets up a test to see if it truly is unlimited by using a tool called rclone on a Windows 10 virtual machine. After initiating the setup, they find that Google does indeed have limitations, allowing an upload of only 750 gigabytes per day. This restriction makes it impractical to upload their 370 terabytes of data, as it would take about two years. Hence, while Google offers “unlimited” storage, practical usage is limited by daily upload caps.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses an effective strategy to maximize storage and upload efficiency using G Suite accounts. Despite G Suite requiring a minimum of five accounts to unlock unlimited storage, they leveraged this limitation to their advantage. By adding more user accounts, they managed to bypass the 750 gigabyte per day upload cap per user and achieved a combined upload speed of 40 to 45 megabytes per second. Over a week, each instance managed roughly four terabytes of data. While acknowledging the risk of Google potentially shutting down this workaround, they highlight its cost-effectiveness, with no upfront cost and a monthly fee of $70 for seven accounts, resulting in an affordable multi-terabyte backup solution. Additionally, the solution supports encrypted uploads and downloads with no fees for data retrieval. The segment concludes with a sponsorship mention of Ting, a mobile carrier with a focus on customer service and competitive pricing.
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In this part of the video, the speaker promotes a service link (linus2018.ting.com) offering $25 in service credit or towards a new device, encouraging viewers to check the video description for more details. The speaker also prompts viewers to subscribe, like the video, and visit linked resources, including where to buy featured items and their merch store, which offers cool shirts and access to their community forum.