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It's competitive advantage. Their hardware cost is where their margin is. If they can run a server with half the power/cooling, that's a significant advantage o
by spitfire 16y ago
It's competitive advantage. Their hardware cost is where their margin is. If they can run a server with half the power/cooling, that's a significant advantage over the competitors. The major cost of a server these days is power, cooling, bandwidth.
- ZhuHan 16y agoIf google disclosed their hardware configuration in data center, I suspect a lot of other small companies will hurry to the vendor and subscribe the same components. Looks like a good deal for these hardware vendors. But I do no see any vendor label their product as "Google is using it".
- ericabiz 16y agoThat's because Google builds their own servers. Rackable Systems is the company that supplies servers to a lot of the other top sites (disclaimer: no personal connection to Rackable Systems.) Most smaller companies just buy 1U servers and hire a good network admin to string 'em all together. (former managed hosting company CEO)