bar5 Posted September 2, 2007 Report Share Posted September 2, 2007 I saw this on another forum, and thought it might be of interest to someone. I have a curious nature.How Google WorksBarb Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JDoors Posted September 2, 2007 Report Share Posted September 2, 2007 Two processors and hard drives per machine, eighty machines per rack, two hundred fifty racks per cluster = Twenty thousand machines ... and they have these clusters all over? And ... They have upwards of two hundred petabytes of storage? (Claiming only twenty.) I like the analogy used: "If you started downloading a petabyte over your high-speed Internet connection, your great-great-great-great grandchild might still be around when the last few bytes get transferred, in 2514." Whoa. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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