That makes sense. But what will hurt them if google does not disclose any performance metrics, e.g. request/second, disk seek/second, but only the detail hardwa

That makes sense. But what will hurt them if google does not disclose any performance metrics, e.g. request/second, disk seek/second, but only the detail hardware configuration and failure model. Google has published some data on disk failure in the past. The published another paper on failures in storage system in the coming OSDI 10[1]. Funny! [1]http://www.usenix.org/events/osdi10/tech/techAbstracts.html#Ford http://www.usenix.org/events/osdi10/tech/techAbstracts.html#...