Yeah, but one day the thousands of browser bookmarks will come in handy. Right?
It’s actually pretty shocking. It seems so normal to struggle to buy a house, yet most of the last generation have one. It’s going to be a rude awakening for society as this trend continues. At some point the older generation is going to pass on and free up houses. What is that even going to look like? Are they going to be jacked up too? It’s just not sustainable if you project it out. There has to be a tipping point. People need homes and renting is so limiting.
https://engineering.fb.com/2015/05/04/core-data/under-the-hood-facebook-s-cold-storage-system/
This is an article from 2015 where Facebook/Meta was exploring Blu-ray for their DCs. You’re definitely right though. Tape is key as the longest term storage.
This is such a great example of the potential consequences of making a decision without understanding the landscape/context. It’s obvious this would happen in hindsight.
Super cool, blew my mind! I would love to see it in operation. The logistics from the machine side + the storage heuristics for when to store to a disc that’s write-only sounds like a really cool problem.
There are also techniques where data centers do offline storage by writing out to a high volume storage medium (I heard blueray as an example, especially because it’s cheap) and storing it in racks. All automated of course. This let’s them store huge quantities of infrequently accessed data (most of it) in a more efficient way. Not everything has to be online and ready to go, as long as it’s capable of being made available on demand.
Do you have a detailed list of duties? Ask for one. If you don’t feel comfortable doing that look for duties of similar positions for different companies. If they are asking you to do these management related duties under some pretence that you’ll be promoted to a leadership role, then that’s one thing. I think it’s fair to have a conversation with your manager about how you are feeling, what you are doing (make a list), what your career goals are, and how you can align that with the company.
How do you will yourself to the right thing? Is it a matter of creating the right environment? Being mindful?