Also intelligent storage layering with flash memory used for high performance content delivery can result in HDD storage used more for content storage rather than high performance, and thus providing a relative cost savings.

FORBES: Nothing Comes for Free

The growth of information that is available on-line has led to a great number of new businesses and opportunities ranging from cloud storage to content delivery to data analytics.

FORBES: Digital Storage Needs the Right Stuff

"The systems we used for photo storage a few years ago did not always delete images from content delivery networks in a reasonable period of time even though they were immediately removed from the site, " Facebook spokesperson Frederic Wolens told Ars via e-mail.

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