Giganews Increase Retention To An Amazing 200 Days

July 17th, 2007 • Related • Filed Under

Filed Under: Everton • Internet News

Tags: giganews, P2P Usenet, Storage, top 10

I just spotted that Giganews have completed their third upgrade this year, reaching a mind-blowing 200 days of binary retention.

I’m staggered by this increase as the number of updates going onto Usenet is still growing exponentially as the average connection speed of readers continues to increase, and the average size of files also continues to increase e.g. with lossless music files and HD video files.

I would love to know how much storage is required to hold 200 days of binary files. I wonder if Giganews are now one of the top 10 data storers in the world? They must be getting close.

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Everton is based in London and has worked in the internet and mobile space for over ten years now, and before that worked in corporate strategy and consulting. He has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University, and currently runs the Portal and online operations for one of the largest ISPs in the UK. He also writes for Windows 7 News.

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   Comment by 3gp on 17 July 2007:

   its amazing store data for 200 days is remarkable. The are running some good rock solid hardware to support this. And it is costly too …
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   Comment by listikal on 17 July 2007:

   I’m not completely familiar with usenet groups, but from what I’ve read aren’t they the easiest and quickest way to get television and movies?
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   Comment by Everton on 18 July 2007:

   I wouldn’t say newsgroups are the easiest, but they are the fastest way to get content
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   Comment by Zath on 18 July 2007:

   Wow - that’s over half a year! Easynews only offers just over 30 days i think - Giganews is looking ever more appealing despite the extra cost!

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