Web 2.0: How High-Volume eBay Manages Its Storage

The ultrapopular auction/sales Web site continues its exponential growth and finds itself adding 10 terabytes of new storage every week. That's a lot of data.

The site averages more than 1 billion page views per day. Users trade about $1,700 worth of goods on the site every second. A vehicle sells every minute. A motor part or accessory sells every second. Diamond jewelry sells every 2 minutes. The site currently has about 600 million listings and about 204 million registered users.

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