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Surveying the World of the Biggest Server Farms
1sockchuck writes "Rackspace said this week that it is managing more than 50,000 web servers, raising the question: who else has that many? Of companies that publicly discuss their server counts, there are only a handful that are near or above the 50,000 server mark, including 1&1 Internet, The Planet, and Akamai, as well as Rackspace. The larger totals are found among companies that don't discuss how many servers they're running. The leading suspects: Google, Microsoft, Amazon and eBay."
Are you trying to show who has the biggest dick in the IT world ? :3
No, didn't you read the summary? We're trying to find out who has the biggest rack.
Obviously, if you can count them, then you don't have all that many.
"A million here, a million there and pretty soon you have a real server farm."
Thats right, me. In fact I just set up #50,001. You'll never guess what I'm doing with them either.
Do you really need that much porn?
Game! - Where the stick is mightier than the sword!
he's got an 8-screen setup
... Google how many servers it uses, does that mean it's self-aware?
"I like to lick butts!" by MobileTatsu-NJG (#32700246) (Score:5, Informative)
I'm pretty sure the hosting company I had a few years ago (aka "kiddie hosting") had that many customers on the server that I was on. Does that count?
You don't use science to show that you're right, you use science to become right.
There's an octo-mom joke in there somewhere.
Wanna fight ? Bend over, stick your head up your ass, and fight for air.
I imagine there is a fairly large server farm somewhere near Ft. Meade, MD.
[Insert pithy quote here]
...maybe if it said "eight-head" setup?