Re: google
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2003
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 49478
interpreted = N
texte = ... and then there was 1 computer!Kaos Lives again! -- Regards, Marko ------------------------------------------------------------------ Marko Bernyk - Senior System Engineer mailto:marko@conexus.com.au http://www.conexus.com.au Technical Services, Conexus Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia Ph 02 9975 2799 Fax 02 9975 2799 :) ------------------------------------------------------------------On Sunday, 13 April 2003 10:24 AM, Brian B. Burton
wrote: >here's some hellacool info about google > >First there is Google, which runs four enormous data centers around >the world containing in excess of 10,000 servers. It is the largest >Linux cluster of all, and is constructed entirely of generic beige box >PCs interconnected by 10/100 Ethernet. These are not racks and racks >of state-of-the-art blade servers, just el cheapo PCs. So the magic >must be in the software. > > Now here is the part that sticks in my mind: the fault tolerant nature >of the cluster is such that if a machine fails, the other machines >simply take over its functions. As a result, whenever a server fails >at Google, THEY DO NOTHING. They don't replace the broken machine. >They don't remove the broken machine. They don't even turn it off. In >an army of drones, it isn't worth the cost of labor to locate and >replace the bad machines. Hundreds, maybe thousands of machines lie >dead, uncounted among the 10,000 plus. > >We have reached the point where we are totally dependent on computers, >yet the marginal cost of a computer -- at least for Google -- is >nothing. This may be an historical first. > >- from http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20030410.html > > > Brian B. Burton > 973-263-3036 973-296-6862 (cell) > BOFH - Department of Redundancy Department >--------------------------------------------------------------- > Specializing in website design and development to make your customers >exclaim: > Out of all the websites I visit, yours is the easiest to >use! > > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ >------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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... and then there was 1 computer!Kaos Lives again! -- Regards, Marko ------------------------------------------------------------------ Marko Bernyk - Senior System Engineer mailto:marko@conexus.com.au http://www.conexus.com.au Technical Services, Conexus Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia Ph 02 9975 2799 Fax 02 9975 2799 :) ------------------------------------------------------------------On Sunday, 13 April 2003 10:24 AM, Brian B. Burton wrote: >here's some hellacool info about google > >First there is Google, which runs four enormous data centers around >the world containing in excess of 10,000 servers. It is the largest >Linux cluster of all, and is constructed entirely of generic beige box >PCs interconnected by 10/100 Ethernet. These are not racks and racks >of state-of-the-art blade servers, just el cheapo PCs. So the magic >must be in the software. > > Now here is the part that sticks in my mind: the fault tolerant nature >of the cluster is such that if a machine fails, the other machines >simply take over its functions. As a result, whenever a server fails >at Google, THEY DO NOTHING. They don't replace the broken machine. >They don't remove the broken machine. They don't even turn it off. In >an army of drones, it isn't worth the cost of labor to locate and >replace the bad machines. Hundreds, maybe thousands of machines lie >dead, uncounted among the 10,000 plus. > >We have reached the point where we are totally dependent on computers, >yet the marginal cost of a computer -- at least for Google -- is >nothing. This may be an historical first. > >- from http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20030410.html > > > Brian B. Burton > 973-263-3036 973-296-6862 (cell) > BOFH - Department of Redundancy Department >--------------------------------------------------------------- > Specializing in website design and development to make your customers >exclaim: > Out of all the websites I visit, yours is the easiest to >use! > > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ >------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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