Members spokenward Posted November 20, 2005 Members Share Posted November 20, 2005 Slashdot linked to Cringely this morning. Here's a sample: So why buy-up all that fiber, then?The probable answer lies in one of Google's underground parking garages in Mountain View. There, in a secret area off-limits even to regular GoogleFolk, is a shipping container. But it isn't just any shipping container. This shipping container is a prototype data center. Google hired a pair of very bright industrial designers to figure out how to cram the greatest number of CPUs, the most storage, memory and power support into a 20- or 40-foot box. We're talking about 5000 Opteron processors and 3.5 petabytes of disk storage that can be dropped-off overnight by a tractor-trailer rig. The idea is to plant one of these puppies anywhere Google owns access to fiber, basically turning the entire Internet into a giant processing and storage grid.While Google could put these containers anywhere, it makes the most sense to place them at Internet peering points, of which there are about 300 worldwide. Big ideas and a big valuation result in an extraordinary reach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudolf von Hagenwil Posted November 20, 2005 Members Share Posted November 20, 2005 Originally posted by Brittanylips ... I think that Google is no less than an attempt to amass all of the world's information - to cache every human enterprise and thought - to store the world's inhabitants in virtual form - and then to make it available in little (and controlled) bits and pieces. Let's have them finished the job, and then turn them off !Meanwhile, google + be part of the matrix. Regards Neo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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