In the Internet Archive was a fire
Non-profit organization Internet Archive, managing network project of the same name with a giant data warehouse damaged by fire. The group that manages the archive of web pages total size of more than 364 billion pages, notes that the data in the fire were not injured, but the overall damage to the building, more than 600 thousand dollars. "Now it is difficult to assess the situation, we will announce later on what exactly have been damaged, "- said the Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle.
According to him, the Internet Archive copies of the data are carried on different datacenters, so even if the main building is a fire, then the integrity of the data that should not affect. At the same time, Kale noticed that some data were still lost, damaged equipment as the repository. Kale said that after the completion of the research building, they begin to identify exactly what was lost.
Internet Archive was founded in 1996 for the purpose of storing digital content such as web pages, music, pictures and e-books. In October last year, the band announced that the total volume of its storage exceeded 10 petabytes (10 million gigabytes). In addition, the archive contains a record of some news reports, television shows, different TV shows. basis of representation Internet Archive, where there was a fire in San Francisco. The Fund exists on donations, as well as provides services for commercial digitization of content.
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