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Why Traditional Data Platforms Fail at Scale - A Quantum Grade Rethink with Arcitecta | Episode #102
Episode Description
Your data platform is broken — and here’s the fix!
90% of enterprise storage systems collapse under ransomware and buckle at petabyte scale. In this episode, guide & CTO Jason Lohrey reveals how Mediaflux — built from first principles — rewrote the rules. Think hundreds of PB, real-time rollback, built-in malware defense, and unified management of both structured and unstructured data. This conversation blends cold physics with creative flair — and hits the frontier of data engineering.
In this episode, I talk to Jason Lohrey, Founder & CTO of Arcitecta, and the quantum physicist behind Mediaflux — a first-principles data platform that manages structured + unstructured data, scales to hundreds of PBs, and delivers real-time ransomware rollback.
We dive into:
The story of deleting 80,000 words — and what it sparked
Why backup can't keep up with scale
Data as energy, and the physical limits of storage
Why Mediaflux was built from scratch — database, protocols, and all
- Where quantum computing might take us (and what it threatens)
Arcitecta was founded in 1998, based in Melbourne, Australia.☑️ Support the Channel by buying a coffee? - https://ko-fi.com/gtwgt☑️ Technology and Topics Mentioned:Mediaflux, XODB, NFS, SMB, SFTP, DICOM, S3, Real-Time File Streaming, Data Orchestration, Structured & Unstructured Data, Cyber Resilience, Ransomware Rollback, Metadata-Driven File Systems, Backup at Petabyte Scale, Data Gravity, Post-Quantum Cryptography, Multi-Protocol Access, Time-Series Data, First Principles Engineering, Innovation in Storage, Glass & DNA Storage, Distributed File Systems
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