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The magic that makes Google tick
Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 12:43 pm
by XMEN Gambit
Cool article on ZDNet on the workings of Google. If you haven't read it yet, do so, especially if you're familiar with data centers at all. The numbers are incredible.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/insight/softwar ... 647,00.htm
Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 11:19 pm
by Sharpster
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 7:09 pm
by XMENPorsche
Wow! Over 30 clusters with over a Petabyte of storage each!!!
Mind boggling. Hard drive failure rates actually mean something to these guys.
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 4:31 pm
by XMEN_Hammer
How big is a Petabyte?
For us leeser knowledgeable.
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 5:42 pm
by Spinning Hat
Wow.
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 9:01 pm
by XMEN Gambit
Hammer, each item in the list below is approximately 1000 times larger than the previous item. I say approximately because a kilobyte is actually 1024 bytes, etc.
byte -> kilobyte -> megabyte -> gigabyte -> terabyte -> petabyte
So,
byte =1
kilo = 1,000
mega= 1,000,000
giga= 1,000,000,000
tera = 1,000,000,000,000
peta = 1,000,000,000,000,000
*edited - left out giga! Silly me... *
Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2005 3:56 pm
by XMENPorsche
Actually, Gambino, it goes...
byte -> kilobyte -> megabyte -> gigabyte -> terabyte -> petabyte -> putzabyte
