Picture of Google?s First Production Server

**StuartD** · 10-26-2006, 06:34 PM

dayum!!

**MSV** · 10-26-2006, 06:37 PM

thats not a server

that is a rack, with a bunch of caseless servers in it

**Quotealex** · 10-26-2006, 06:40 PM

Originally posted by MSV

thats not a server

that is a rack, with a bunch of caseless servers in it

True. It's Googles rack of cheap networked PCs

**BusterBunny** · 10-26-2006, 06:54 PM

i'd hate to see the size of the server gerbil turds inside of that rig

**Sosa** · 10-26-2006, 06:57 PM

sweet jebus

**Bro Media - BANNED FOR LIFE** · 10-26-2006, 06:57 PM

/me bows to google

**jacklaidlaw** · 10-26-2006, 07:02 PM

Google has changed so much here is a look at google over the years from archive.org (interesting shit) http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.google.com

**Quotealex** · 10-26-2006, 07:06 PM

And the beauty is that several of the PCs on the never worked but the system design was optimized around multiple computer failures.

Apparently, they now have 300-400 thousand servers and order them in units of 10,000.

**CuriousToyBoy** · 10-26-2006, 07:09 PM

How big are they now as in number of servers ?

Be interesting.

2c

**Rochard** · 10-26-2006, 07:10 PM

My lord!

**Quotealex** · 10-26-2006, 07:18 PM

Originally posted by CuriousToyBoy

How big are they now as in number of servers ?

Be interesting.

2c

Some say they have 1 million servers, but the number I hear more often is about 300 thousands. I know they recently started using AMD processors instead Intel Xeons because power consumption was starting to cost them more than hardware.

**ForteCash** · 10-26-2006, 07:26 PM

Insane, and very inspiring

**dotcommer** · 10-26-2006, 07:29 PM

Pretty cool. CCbill has their orginal server in a display case at their office in Tempe AZ

**Violetta** · 10-26-2006, 07:29 PM

today x 10000

**Tanker** · 10-26-2006, 07:32 PM

Techie media hosts some my servers sit right next to a rack of them.

**Wiggles** · 10-26-2006, 07:32 PM

wow what a setup, would love to see what they got now.

**edgeprod** · 10-26-2006, 07:37 PM

Originally posted by Alex from Montreal

This one is from around 1999. By 2000, Google had around 4000 of these servers.

If you only knew how ghetto it was for us during that time ...

Half the time, our checks were PERSONAL checks from the owners that then got reimbursed.

The Above Net facility in San Jose had rack upon rack upon rack after a while .. I used to just sit there in awe of it. eBay wasn't far away, either.

**gecko** · 10-26-2006, 08:48 PM

haha dayam

**borked** · 10-26-2006, 08:49 PM

This is Google's akillies heal....

Uplink to that and you get direct access to the hive

**edgeprod** · 10-26-2006, 08:52 PM

Originally posted by borked

This is Google's akillies heal....

Uplink to that and you get direct access to the hive

HAHAHAHAHA

**squishypimp** · 10-26-2006, 08:52 PM

that is in the museum now, i forgot which one.

**marketsmart** · 10-26-2006, 08:53 PM

google=god

**chaze** · 10-26-2006, 09:03 PM

Originally posted by jacklaidlaw

Google has changed so much here is a look at google over the years from archive.org (interesting shit) http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.google.com

That's hidtory list is sweat website.

**Spankys Teens** · 10-26-2006, 09:24 PM

shiat....that's a nice setup.

how many monitors do they have connected

**Damian_Maxcash** · 10-26-2006, 10:00 PM

Originally posted by Spankys Teens

shiat....that's a nice setup.

how many monitors do they have connected

About 75% of all the monitors in the world at a rough guess....

**PussyTeenies** · 10-26-2006, 11:34 PM

heheh why need a monitor on a server??

and damian2001 : good reply ;)

**AdultEUhost** · 10-27-2006, 01:18 AM

nice rack

**Quotealex** · 10-27-2006, 03:02 AM

Originally posted by squishypimp

that is in the museum now, i forgot which one.

It's in the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California.

**Mr Yazt** · 10-27-2006, 05:51 AM

I am jealous.

**borked** · 10-27-2006, 06:02 AM

Originally posted by Mr Yazt

I am jealous.

Don't be, you too can be in the Computer History Museum if you play your cards right

**Lykos** · 10-27-2006, 06:17 AM

jesus fucking christe

**Dirty Dane** · 10-27-2006, 06:23 AM

Google, 12 years from today:

**Quotealex** · 10-27-2006, 02:41 PM

Originally posted by Dirty Dane

Google, 12 years from today:

Or it could happen sooner

**s9ann0** · 10-27-2006, 04:19 PM

looks homemade

**V_RocKs** · 10-27-2006, 05:56 PM

Originally posted by spanno

looks homemade

All of Google's shit was homemade. And even to this day they don't buy servers from the likes of Dell, IBM, etc, they put them together themselves...

**Basic_man** · 10-27-2006, 06:01 PM

Originally posted by Dirty Dane

Google, 12 years from today:

Now that is scary !!

**CaptainHowdy** · 10-27-2006, 07:02 PM

Originally posted by Dirty Dane

Google, 12 years from today:

!!

**tehHinjew** · 10-27-2006, 07:21 PM

wow big change from then to now

**Spider Ninja** · 10-27-2006, 07:55 PM

Originally posted by Alex from Montreal

This one is from around 1999. By 2000, Google had around 4000 of these servers.

I got one of those around here somewhere

**BlueDesignStudios** · 10-28-2006, 12:11 AM

Originally posted by Dirty Dane

Google, 12 years from today:

hahaha good one

**Bro Media - BANNED FOR LIFE** · 10-28-2006, 10:52 AM

Originally posted by Dirty Dane

Google, 12 years from today:

you mean terminator 12 years AGO?

**DjSap** · 10-28-2006, 11:18 AM

Originally posted by Dirty Dane

Google, 12 years from today:

hehe good one...

**free4porn** · 10-28-2006, 11:54 AM

Originally posted by borked

This is Google's akillies heal....

Uplink to that and you get direct access to the hive

pmsl

**Jarmusch** · 10-28-2006, 11:59 AM

Originally posted by Dirty Dane

Google, 12 years from today:

What do they do? Exterminate everyone that uses a search engine other than Google?

**DaddyHalbucks** · 10-28-2006, 12:08 PM

I imagine the cost of electricity is a big factor. That would seem to put pressure to locate server farms outside of California.

**bigboobies** · 10-28-2006, 12:09 PM

I luv google! It was my idea but they got there first :-)

**MarkMan** · 10-28-2006, 12:23 PM

well the google guys are brilliant.. it wasn't all luck..

i am not saying they didn't also got lucky but .. smarts has a lot to do with this huge success .
The company still makes very smart moves its amazing for such a huge company to still make such smart business moves

**ForteCash** · 10-28-2006, 12:45 PM

Originally posted by dotcommer

Pretty cool. CCbill has their orginal server in a display case at their office in Tempe AZ

Any pics??? Please post

**Crumpet** · 10-28-2006, 02:29 PM

Oh, I wouldn't like to use that now

Picture of Google?s First Production Server

Picture of Google?s First Production Server

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