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For your amusement :)

• staunch 18y ago
  Got 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 ago
    Unfortunately 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 ago
      The 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 ago
      just curious, did 'j' in 'jj' stand four "journaller" in a naming scheme, or something else entirely?
  • timtrueman 18y ago
    Here'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 ago
      What were those switches for? (not the network switches, the physical on/off switches with the green and white wires) Fans?
      • timtrueman 18y ago
        They 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 ago
        Power 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 ago
      thats almost amazing
    • RossM 18y ago
      Wait, are there wood shelves in there!?