The magic that makes Google tick

Post by **XMEN Gambit** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 12:43 pm

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

Sharpster · Post by **Sharpster** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 11:19 pm

XMENPorsche · Post by **XMENPorsche** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 7:09 pm

Wow! Over 30 clusters with over a Petabyte of storage each!!!

Mind boggling. Hard drive failure rates actually mean something to these guys.

XMEN_Hammer · Post by **XMEN_Hammer** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 4:31 pm

How big is a Petabyte?
For us leeser knowledgeable.

Spinning Hat · Post by **Spinning Hat** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 5:42 pm

Post by **XMEN Gambit** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 9:01 pm

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... *

XMENPorsche · Post by **XMENPorsche** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 3:56 pm

Actually, Gambino, it goes...

byte -> kilobyte -> megabyte -> gigabyte -> terabyte -> petabyte -> putzabyte