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Google doesn't really have a concept of datacenters internally. In simplified terms everything runs on a borg cell, which usually but not always exists in a sin
by mike_d 4y ago
Google doesn't really have a concept of datacenters internally. In simplified terms everything runs on a borg cell, which usually but not always exists in a single building. Within a region one of your GCP services could be running on one cell, with another service running on another in a different building. If a failure happens or maintenance needs to be done, a cell could be drained to another one in the same region.
- dekhn 4y agoGoogle has "data centers" internally. People argue about the various definitions but a DC is usually one or a few buildings containing several clusters, each of which is fairly "close" to all its components.
- jeffbee 4y agoReally, Google doesn't have an entire org called "dcops"?
- mike_d 4y agoNot in a way that is relevant to a cloud customer asking what building their jobs are running in.