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<p>Created page with &quot;==Readings== Haystack &amp; F4 * [http://static.usenix.org/legacy/events/osdi10/tech/full_papers/Beaver.pdf Beaver et al., &quot;Finding a needle in Haystack: Facebook’s photo stora...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>==Readings==<br /> <br /> Haystack &amp; F4<br /> * [http://static.usenix.org/legacy/events/osdi10/tech/full_papers/Beaver.pdf Beaver et al., &quot;Finding a needle in Haystack: Facebook’s photo storage&quot; (OSDI 2010)]<br /> * [https://www.usenix.org/conference/osdi14/technical-sessions/presentation/muralidhar Muralidhar et al., &quot;f4: Facebook&#039;s Warm BLOB Storage System&quot; (OSDI 2014)]<br /> <br /> ==Discussion Questions==<br /> <br /> * What are the key characteristics of the problem Haystack and F4 are trying to solve?<br /> * How does this workload compare to that of a general-purpose data store?<br /> * How do both systems provide performance and reliability?<br /> * To what extent is concurrency a major concern in the design of these systems?<br /> * How is F4 an optimization on top of what Haystack provides?<br /> * What were the key algorithms and data structures used by both systems?</div>

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