Facebook

Twitter

StumbleUpon

Email

vote downundo vote up flag

news.cnet.com - 4/2/2009

Google uncloaks once-secret server

—

Google for the first time showed off its server design. (Click to enlarge) (Credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET) Updated at 4:08 p.m. PDT April 1 with further details about Google's data center efficiency and shipping containers modules and 6:30 a.m. April 2 to correct the time ...

3

microsoft.com - 4/6/2009

Windows Server 2008

— microsoft.com — Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta Releases! Learn more about the next version of Windows Server, focused on... key areas such as Virtualization, Web, and Management. Download the beta now. Save Energy, Save Money, Help the Planet Virtualization technology ... (more) Windows Server 2008

Comments vote downundo vote up Geek In Disguise found this 4/6/2009found this

Leave a Comment

Behold the Google Server, ye nations, and weep
CrunchGear — ... What you see before you is the Google Server, the commodity hardware Google uses to run all its operations. The machine is a standard Intel/AMD 2U server but each one has its own 12-volt battery, ensuring that the servers will maintain power in emergency situations, thereby alleviating the need for a large, nasty UPS. ...

La configuración de los servidores de Google
Gizmología — ... Alerta Nerd pr0n –– Google desvela uno de sus secretos, no hablamos ni de un servicio ni de un producto, es algo mucho más enfermizo, su configuración de hardware en sus servidores, avisé que era muy nerd. ...

Google Finally Declassifies Some Key Server Design Secrets [Google]
Gizmodo — ... that the EPA hopes will be attainable in 2011 using "advanced technology." That's pretty extraordinary, but one has to wonder why Google is unveiling this now. Officially they feel that opening up will help other businesses in a dire economy focus more on efficiency—although Jai noted that Google was already on it's 6th or 7th generation of the server design, so my guess is that they are confident that they will remain ahead of the curve. Check out CNET for the full details. [CNET] ...

Google's Data Center secrets revealed!
Engadget — After years of secrecy (maybe because they thought no one was interested), Google held its "Data Center Efficiency Summit" yesterday, where the company showed off one of its DCs and custom web servers -- all in a bid to evangelize for energy efficiency. The green angle means that everything has been planned for optimum power use, from the 1AAA ...

Google reveals secret server hardware
D' Technology Weblog — ... Google server before the hungry eyes of a technically sophisticated audience. Google’s big surprise: each server has its own 12-volt battery to supply power if there’s a problem with the main source of electricity. The company also revealed for the first time that since 2005, its data centers have been composed of standard shipping containers–each with 1,160 servers and a power consumption that can reach 250 kilowatts.   Full Article ...