Google's First Production Server
Steve Jurvetson, Managing Director of a Menlo Park VC firm, has posted a wonderful photograph of Google's first production server. It's worth a look.
As with many of Google's strategies, the approach the engineers took was unconventional. Gone are the traditional 1U or 2U 19-inch rack systems. In its place are Duplo blocks, bare PC motherboards (some boasting twin Pentium CPUs if I'm viewing the image properly), naked NICs and strings of Category 5 cable. Apparently Google techs figured out it's much easier to replace and upgrade equipment with such a design.
As with many of Google's strategies, the approach the engineers took was unconventional. Gone are the traditional 1U or 2U 19-inch rack systems. In its place are Duplo blocks, bare PC motherboards (some boasting twin Pentium CPUs if I'm viewing the image properly), naked NICs and strings of Category 5 cable. Apparently Google techs figured out it's much easier to replace and upgrade equipment with such a design.
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posted by Erik Eckel at 10:23 AM
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