Ryan Tomayko

GFS: Evolution on Fast-forward —

A discussion between Kirk McKusick and Sean Quinlan about the origin and evolution of the google file system (GFS). Really good interview. They’re fairly critical of the original design and how GFS is being used today. There’s also some discussion of an entirely new and incompatible version of GFS, designed from the ground up for the types of workloads GFS is being used for today.