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Google Prefers DRAM to Hard Disks

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the speed-versus-spin dept.

KP writes: "I came across this interview with Google's CEO. A very interesting read." It's interesting in part becase that CEO (Eric Schmidt) claims that for Google's purposes, "it costs less money and it is more efficient to use DRAM as storage as opposed to hard disks." "I still cannot figure out how he says storing data on DRAM is cheaper than storing it on hard-disks. Maybe, if you buy in bulk?"

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  1. RAM vs. HDD by hitchhacker · · Score: 2, Redundant

    If google has something like 10,000 linux PC's, I would definately think that using RAM and a ramdisk for the rootpartition would be cheaper than putting a hard drive in every PC. I would imagine that the hard drives would be the first to go if something failed.
    Obviously, if they used DRAM for their HUGE central databases, it would not be a cheaper solution.
    But, I'm talking out of my ass, because I don't know how their datacenter works.. anyone anyone?

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