[lug] Yahoo email architecture

[Ian Hall-Beyer]

On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, Alan Robertson wrote:

> Does anyone know what the architecture of some of the huge email providers
> like yahoo.com is?  How the arrange for capacity, redundancy, etc.?

Lots, and lots of disk. usa.net uses several EMC arrays.

-Ian
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like a chinese finger puzzle, twist and turn in the right places, 
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