Inside A Google Data Center

by shalimar on November 2, 2009

Google provided a look inside its data center operations at the Google Data Center Efficiency Summit held Wednesday in Mountain View, Calif. The presentations included a video tour of a Google data center, which showcased the companys use of shipping containers to store servers and storage. Each of these 40-foot data center containers can house up to 1160 servers, and Google has been using them since it began building its own facilities in 2005. The company will post complete videos from the …

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coolseka November 2, 2009 at 8:40 am

they started with few old server and when people click on the promoted links (almost all of Google search results) they make money as advertising

darkoon2008 November 2, 2009 at 8:40 am

thanks alot 4 this answer,I hope that google still standing 4 what they do to entertainment the whoooooooooooooooooooole world.thanks again.:))))

Sticky1254 November 2, 2009 at 8:40 am

Well, back in 98 they asked for investors, funding, etc. That’s how they do it. The first google server cost them about 4 thousand dollars. People saw potential and invested in it and that’s how they got the money to do this.

darkoon2008 November 2, 2009 at 8:40 am

Maybe dude,how did they get this money to built something like that?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! because I’m so amazed!!!!! about this data center.

Sticky1254 November 2, 2009 at 8:40 am

I doubt it costs trillions, lol.

darkoon2008 November 2, 2009 at 8:40 am

That’s coooooooooool because it coast about 5.000.000.000.000$ for that things.

pashaahsj November 2, 2009 at 8:40 am

now c’mon !!

tell me an organisation that provides a scooter to ride on man !!!

xD

Insane X (10^99)

pashaahsj November 2, 2009 at 8:40 am

the level of sickness involved in this video is outter-world, i mean… WTF !! thats just sooo cool !!

My computing class in college just had a trip to the supercomputers, CRC processors and servers that run the DLR in London, (basically trains run by computers, no cockpits and no staff :D )

and the server room was just big enough to fit 6 people.. i was like omfg… i’ve got to have a look at some proper servers and i ended up here.

this filled me up !!!

THANX FOR THE VID !

jdsanchez473 November 2, 2009 at 8:40 am

that is insane!

satelitehacktelmex November 2, 2009 at 8:40 am

upale chiki bastante mas o menos hehe

applesweeter November 2, 2009 at 8:40 am

we can barely hear the speaking. It is too quiet.

TKTK00 November 2, 2009 at 8:40 am

i imagined it as a stadium size building with massive servers all the way to the top…….

skifi1 November 2, 2009 at 8:40 am

must be pretty expensive to keep that running :)

solomnikovproject November 2, 2009 at 8:40 am

?????! ? ??? ??????? ????? ?? ????? ?????? ???????… ? ??????? ?? ????? ? ????? ?? ??????? ??? )

nos676 November 2, 2009 at 8:40 am

that is soo cool!

ThunderDonkey November 2, 2009 at 8:40 am

but only like 10000 times as powerful ^^

blursst November 2, 2009 at 8:40 am

kinda boring really

mimamasellamasusana November 2, 2009 at 8:40 am

esta super weno el aporte a youtube ^^!ª

owanmixage November 2, 2009 at 8:40 am

owan wants to go there

YLAG November 2, 2009 at 8:40 am

A pc with a door.. looks like those pc’s from 1975 :D

XboxNerd08 November 2, 2009 at 8:40 am

before or after u tell her u work at google

2thpic November 2, 2009 at 8:40 am

if i worked at Google, i’d have a real girlfriend

Southwik November 2, 2009 at 8:40 am

HAHAHAHAHAHA.

TheFinalEnigma November 2, 2009 at 8:40 am

in 1820 a man named fredrick osloft one day he was working in his lab until a ghost came by and killed him the next morning fredrick was nowhere to be seen 100 years later two boys went in the lab as a dare the boys where never seen again where aparently murdered now that u have read this comment tonight when u go to sleep the two boys and fredrick will come and murder you but you can stop this by posting this comment on 5 other videos by midnight

good vid btw

wunuxzo November 2, 2009 at 8:40 am

I heard it was built in a tunnel 21 miles below sea level. Maybe you made a typo?

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