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		Database War Stories #3: Flickr (oreilly.com)
		9 points by iamelgringo on Jan 21, 2008 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 3 comments

herdrick on Jan 23, 2008 [–]

Is anyone else shocked that Flickr has less than a terabyte of images?

kf on Jan 23, 2008 | [–]

One terabyte of text that makes up the database... they've got a whole lot more than a TB of images. the photos themselves are on static.flickr.com.

herdrick on Jan 28, 2008 | | [–]

Ah, OK. Thanks. That's a slightly more specific meaning of "database" than what I've gotten used to lately.

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