Inside the Google-Plex http://it.slashdot.org/it/06/07/10/216249.shtml http://www.baselinemag.com/article2/0,1540,1985040,00.asp
from above: Google runs on hundreds of thousands of servers—by one estimate, in excess of 450,000—racked up in thousands of clusters in dozens of data centers around the world. ... snip ... also .. How Google Works http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1985576,00.asp past refs: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2006l.html#4 Google Architecture http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2006l.html#6 Google Architecture http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2006l.html#7 Google Architecture http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2006l.html#8 Google Architecture http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2006l.html#24 Google Architecture http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2006l.html#26 Google Architecture http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2006l.html#27 Google Architecture http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2006l.html#28 Google Architecture http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2006l.html#31 Google Architecture http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2006l.html#32 Google Architecture http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2006l.html#33 Google Architecture http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2006l.html#37 Google Architecture http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2006m.html#43 Google Architecture ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html