Ali Ghodsi: How 2010 Networking Breakthroughs Enabled Disaggregated Storage
matei_zaharia · x · 2026-08-21
Databricks co-founder Ali Ghodsi recounts the evolution of data center architecture. He notes that before 2010, network bottlenecks required tightly coupled storage and compute. Research into "full bisection bandwidth" networks enabled machines to communicate with storage at full speed, leading to the disaggregation trend. This shift enabled the rise of Databricks and Snowflake, making "put it on the object store" the industry standard.
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