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Rapidly scaling online storage to serve over 1 billion ChatGPT users
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OpenAI transformed its Habitat Python library into a globally distributed storage platform that now handles 1 billion ChatGPT users and 22 million requests per second.
For engineers building large-scale AI services, this shows how a storage system can grow from a simple library into a distributed platform. The scale of 22 million requests per second sets a benchmark for what is needed to serve a billion users. Understanding this evolution can inform architecture decisions for similar workloads.
Written by elseif from the cluster below · every claim links back to a sourceThe three things worth knowing
Habitat started as a Python library and was rebuilt as a globally distributed storage platform.
The platform serves over 1 billion ChatGPT users.
It handles 22 million requests per second.
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