Comment on Ask HN: Do image hosting sites remove redundant images?Comments−a_bonobo14yThe Imgur-creator recently did an AMA where someone asked the exact same question:>do you hash and store only one copy of duplicate images?>Believe it or not, we don't. All the images only use up about 3TB of storage space, so it's not really a big issue.Source: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/y81ju/i_created_imgur_...On the other hand, YouTube stores 76 PB: http://www.afshispeaks.com/2012/08/youtube-storage-costs-per...
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The Imgur-creator recently did an AMA where someone asked the exact same question:
>do you hash and store only one copy of duplicate images?
>Believe it or not, we don't. All the images only use up about 3TB of storage space, so it's not really a big issue.
Source: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/y81ju/i_created_imgur_...
On the other hand, YouTube stores 76 PB: http://www.afshispeaks.com/2012/08/youtube-storage-costs-per...