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Thread ID: 66490 2006-02-25 02:37:00 Google's disk farm Graham L (2) PC World Chat
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433624 2006-02-25 02:37:00 Here's the original Google (www-db.stanford.edu/pub/voy/museum/pictures/display/GoogleBG.jpg) 40GB system at Stanford. I think it's a bit bigger now. Graham L (2)
433625 2006-02-25 04:11:00 One would think so :p Overdrive_5000 (4950)
433626 2006-02-25 08:25:00 search indexes and gmail on that, wonder archiveing(compression)program they use :D beama (111)
433627 2006-02-25 11:16:00 How many years ago, Graham?
Only a few, surely.

Going by some of the posts here, it seems that some members own as many networked machines as that - though not necesarily all late models.

So does it inspire you guys to use them for an innovation that'll take the computer world by storm & turn you into millionaires?

Must still be something new that nobody else has thought of yet...
Laura (43)
433628 2006-02-25 21:31:00 search indexes and gmail on that, wonder archiveing(compression)program they use :D

especially with some people signing up for gmail several times. :rolleyes:
techiekid (7219)
433629 2006-02-25 23:56:00 Google (and Yahoo) both use NetApp Filer appliances.

We're trying to buy one at the moment to replace our old one and it's proving damn near impossible as Google and Yahoo are just buying everything as fast as NetApp can produce it.
ninja (1671)
433630 2006-02-26 01:16:00 More links:
The Stanford Computer Museum (www-db.stanford.edu/pub/voy/museum.html) has lots of interesting stuff.
The whole Google display (www-db.stanford.edu/pub/voy/museum/pictures/display/0-4-Google.htm) in the basement, with some history.
Graham L (2)
433631 2006-02-26 09:01:00 Hmm. Looks like my bedroom..... george12 (7)
433632 2006-02-26 21:17:00 How many years ago, Graham?

Going by some of the posts here, it seems that some members own as many networked machines as that - though not necesarily all late models.

So does it inspire you guys to use them for an innovation that'll take the computer world by storm & turn you into millionaires?

Must still be something new that nobody else has thought of yet...

Yep, just got to think of a name that isn't already taken... maybe Google+n :nerd:
dolby digital (5073)
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