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Google Pulling Back the Veil On Its Custom-Built Data Centers

Posted by samzenpus on from the show-and-tell dept.

jfruh writes: In the mid-'00s, as Google scaled up its data centers to meet increasing demand, "we could not buy, for any price, a data-center network that would meet the requirements of our distributed systems," says Amin Vahdat, the company's networking technical lead. So they had to build their own software-defined networks inside what were essentially vast warehouse-sized computers. And now the company is starting to tell the world how they did it.

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  1. Re:Screw this layout change by PIBM · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think you give them too much credits; they've been trying for years and haven't yet succeeded :)

  2. my other datacenter's a footlocker by ihtoit · · Score: 4, Funny

    Seriously. I'm building my new data warehouse inside a wooden footlocker. All I need is an ATX extender and to finish building the drive frames (for 8x3.5" drives, 12x2.5" drives and two DVD burners), and the back arm for the VESA mount for the monitor, then it all gets bolted together and fired up. It looks fuckin' sweet.

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  3. F-ing Slashdot by fox171171 · · Score: 4, Funny

    What the hell is with the stupid share thing? When I point at it, it looks like they are trying to tweet "F-ing"!

  4. Custom built data centers by TheCreeep · · Score: 4, Funny

    Slashdot also pulling back the veil on its crappy share buttons.