I run an online backup service at work, and we talk about our storage requirements in Petabytes not Terabytes now, and that’s a lot of storage.  I can’t imagine how much storage Giganews must have in order to deliver 240 days retention which they’ve just announced.  The number of files shared via Usenet must be [...]

I’ve been expecting Giganews announcement that it’s Usenet retention (how long old posts are kept for ) has been increased to 120 days, ever since I spotted that my favourite newreader newsleecher had increased it’s search function to 140 days.
Providing 120 days of retention is a major achievement when you consider the share amount of [...]