MASSIVE scale of servers pt. 2

[g***@cyberdude.com]

Hi,
Regarding my previous message here on this subject, Grant Taylor had said: "There is a LOT of magic secret sauce that Google uses to do that.
Sorry, I'm not at liberty to describe any of it."

Is it *custom hardware*? :) That's all I need to know.... :) Surely they didn't have that back in '98 when they started? :)

[Grant Taylor]

Post by g***@cyberdude.com
Hi,

Hi,

Post by g***@cyberdude.com
Is it *custom hardware*? :) That's all I need to know.... :) Surely
they didn't have that back in '98 when they started? :)

What is custom hardware?

Is a Linux box that you build from parts and and run a customized
distribution custom hardware?

I think that it's fairly well known that Google does have a lot of
custom servers. They are used for a lot of different things. Again, I
can't be more specific.

If a custom build with a tweaked distro counts, then sure, that's
exactly what they had in '98.

[g***@cyberdude.com]

Post by Grant Taylor
What is custom hardware?
Is a Linux box that you build from parts and and run a customized
distribution custom hardware?

No, custom ELECTRONICS. Like, ONE router which can answer all the WORLD's requests which has ten MILLION output ports on the other side to which ten million servers can be connected. (ones in other geographical areas will just need a *wire* that long...)

[Grant Taylor]

Post by g***@cyberdude.com
No, custom ELECTRONICS. Like, ONE router which can answer all the
WORLD's requests which has ten MILLION output ports on the other
side to which ten million servers can be connected. (ones in other
geographical areas will just need a *wire* that long...)

I can tell you for certain that Google is not using any such router.