Editing Google File System (section)

{{Short description|Proprietary file system}}
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'''Google File System''' ('''GFS''' or '''GoogleFS''', not to be confused with the [[GFS2|GFS]] Linux file system) is a [[Proprietary software|proprietary]] [[distributed file system]] developed by [[Google]] to provide efficient, reliable access to data using large clusters of [[commodity hardware]]. Google file system was replaced by Colossus in 2010.<ref name="ma">{{cite web | url = https://www.systutorials.com/3202/colossus-successor-to-google-file-system-gfs/ | title = Colossus: Successor to the Google File System (GFS) | publisher = SysTutorials | date = 2012-11-29 | first = Eric | last = Ma | access-date = 2016-05-10 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190412112114/https://www.systutorials.com/3202/colossus-successor-to-google-file-system-gfs/ | archive-date = 2019-04-12 | url-status = live}}</ref>