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I've been in data centers hosting Google systems. This picture looks very similar if not identical to what I've seen, so I'd say it is most definitely real.
by durana 18y ago
I've been in data centers hosting Google systems. This picture looks very similar if not identical to what I've seen, so I'd say it is most definitely real.
- stanley 18y agoCould you verify if Google still uses Hitachi Deskstar drives? I recall reading an article about the testing Google conducted to find the most reliable drives, but they refused to publish the findings.
- pert 18y agoThey did actually publish their results. It's an interesting read: http://research.google.com/archive/disk_failures.pdf http://research.google.com/archive/disk_failures.pdf
- ciupicri 18y agoThat paper does not mention any specific brands or models.
- durana 18y agoI wasn't ever close enough to see what kind of disks they were.
- durin42 18y agoBased on their white paper on MTBF of hard disks, I'd guess that they avoid favoring any single vendor to lower the chance of a bad batch of drives all failing at once.