Google is run off of a 10,000 node linux cluster. Don't know about the database, but I would guess they are using a proprietary database. As for how the search works, see the links below.
G http://www.google.com/technology/index.html http://www.google.com/press/highlights.html -----Original Message----- From: Rob Hudson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 12:49 PM To: EUGLUG Subject: [Eug-lug]Google - 3,083,324,652 surfed Just noticed the number on the bottom of the google page: Searching 3,083,324,652 web pages. I'm curious about the algorythm that can churn through all that data and look for the specific keyword I entered and return a meaningful result in such a quick time. Anyone know what kind of tricks they use? I've heard they use Linux. Do they use any known databases? -Rob _______________________________________________ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug _______________________________________________ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
