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Photo of the racks in the original Google datacenter
- paul 18y agoFor your amusement :)
- staunch 18y agoGot anymore? I'd love to see what kind of network gear was in there at the time, etc. Very cool. Thanks.
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- paul 18y agoUnfortunately I didn't get a digital camera until 2002, so I don't have many pictures from early Google. Here's a closeup of a nic on one of the machines: http://friendfeed.com/e/e7bc8124-ee7f-4949-91d2-773e410613d3/JJ21/ http://friendfeed.com/e/e7bc8124-ee7f-4949-91d2-773e410613d3... I took this picture two months ago at the Computer History Museum, where the jj rack is on display.
- aaronblohowiak 18y agoThe Computer History Museum is really cool! I highly recommend geeks check it out if you are in the area .. especially if you can catch some of the demonstrations/tours.
- strlen 18y agojust curious, did 'j' in 'jj' stand four "journaller" in a naming scheme, or something else entirely?
- timtrueman 18y agoHere's an upclose one on the first gen rack: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Google’s_First_Production_Server.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Google’s_... My understanding is that they found the HP ProCurve switches were a better deal to buy two chassis and stuff all the blades into one box rather than buy the blades and add them to one. It was cheaper that way.
- tlrobinson 18y agoWhat were those switches for? (not the network switches, the physical on/off switches with the green and white wires) Fans?
- timtrueman 18y agoThey are the power LEDs/switches for each of the four motherboards on each piece of cork board. Yes, cork board. It's non-conductive.
- paul 18y agoPower switches. There were 4 machines per layer, 80 per rack. BTW, here's a video (taken by someone else): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z19-6tvGSq4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z19-6tvGSq4
- lyime 18y agothats almost amazing
- RossM 18y agoWait, are there wood shelves in there!?
- noonespecial 18y agoLooks like most of the midsized companies "data centers" I've been in recently. At least the cables aren't all over the floor for you to trip on as well.
- coolboy89 18y agoAnd at least it's not this: http://www.sysadminday.com/horrors.html http://www.sysadminday.com/horrors.html
- JMiao 18y agoheh, slot 1/a cpu connectors. ah, the 90s.
- timtrueman 18y agoHere's what their datacenters look like a couple years ago (with Chris DiBona): http://flickr.com/photos/ttrueman/296867981/sizes/l/ http://flickr.com/photos/ttrueman/296867981/sizes/l/
- Raphael 18y agoDude, that's at the UW.
- timtrueman 18y agoI'm not sure what UW you're referring to, but I took that at an ACM conference at UIUC: http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/conference/2006/ http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/conference/2006/
- pgebhard 18y agoAre these conferences still happening? I can't seem to reach any more recent than 2006.
- mamama 18y agoYes, they are: http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/conference/2007/speakers http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/conference/2007/speakers http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/conference/2008/ http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/conference/2008/ I remember seeing videos of Yegge's and Munroe's talks. Yegge's is worth watching.